Glittering prizes
Gerry McKenna, vice-chancellor of the University of Ulster, has been awarded the Freedom of the Borough of Coleraine. Cricketer David Gower has been awarded Heriot-Watt University Sports Union's...
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Proof-reading on the web
A literary website set up by Sheffield Hallam University gives proof-reading a new meaning. Proof, a web-based creative writing magazine, is believed to be the first of its kind in this country....
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Austrian finds Welsh is 'exotic' music to his ears
A love of Irish folk tales was the unlikely starting point for an Austrian academic's part in creating the first Welsh-German dictionary. The dictionary has been launched, along with a Welsh-French...
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Old Scots flames rekindled
Dundee and St Andrews universities, once a single institution, are launching an ambitious partnership backed by more than Pounds 300,000 from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. Dundee...
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Building reputation
(Photograph) - Building reputation: fashion design students at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design created innovative garments from building materials for a catwalk presentation at a construction...
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Projects tackle disability
A network of 50 projects to improve university provision for students with disabilities is to be coordinated by a National Disability Team, based in Coventry University's Centre for Research and...
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John Patton
The president of the EIS, John Patton, has called for the restoration of national negotiating rights for Scottish further education lecturers. The then employers' association withdrew from national...
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UfI pockets Pounds 84m for autumn launch
The government gave its lifelong learning flagship, the University for Industry, a fair wind last week with an Pounds 84 million budget for its autumn launch. Higher education minister Baroness...
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Conflicting interests in the grey market
The Universities Superannuation Scheme has a surplus of 8 per cent - Pounds 1.44 billion. Of this, Pounds 201 million will go to improve member benefits and Pounds 561.3 million has gone to lower the...
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Levelling the pensions field
Keele University could become the first university to bring its academic-related staff into the Universities Superannuation Scheme, under rule changes announced by the USS in March. A spokesman for...
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Newi accepts rebuke
The extent of mismanagement at the North East Wales Institute is revealed in the unpublished recommendations of an investigation by the Welsh funding council, obtained by The THES. The...
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FEFC gives Bolton 'worst possible grade'
Governance and management at Bolton College is so weak that the college has been failing to meet its statutory responsibilities, according to an inspection report from the Further Education Funding...
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Student rags are hard up for news hacks
Rising levels of student debt could damage one of Britain's oldest traditions - the student newspaper - according to leaders of the recently created Student Press Association. Chris Wright, Spa chair...
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EIS set to negotiate new staff contracts
The Educational Institute of Scotland is preparing for local talks in the new universities following its members' acceptance of a revised contract for new staff. The EIS University Lecturers'...
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Robots fail to spark interest
Students are proving uninterested in creating the robots needed for Britain's future factories as numbers enrolling for manufacturing courses continue to fall. Two leading university-based groups in...