Centre planned to help science communicate
An international centre for science communication is being planned by the British Association and the Science Museum in London. The centre will run short residential courses to teach communication...
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Challenge to Cambridge 'old boys' continues
Cambridge University faces a High Court challenge to its "old boys" procedures next week. Kamran Beg, who was denied his masters degree amid allegations of plagiarism, won leave for a judicial review...
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Colleges join dissent over immigration bil
College leaders have joined protests against the government's Immigration and Asylum Bill. The Association of Colleges has joined the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals to warn the...
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Coventry warned over Israeli course quality
Coventry University has received a warning from the Quality Assurance Agency over its arrangements for courses delivered in Israel. The "rapid pace" of development of programmes at the Ruppin...
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Nurse course to focus on disaster relief
Ulster University is about to launch a nursing course to deal with the type of problems emerging from Kosovo. The course was developed in the wake of previous crises in the former Yugoslavia. Ulster'...
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Research reveals student traumas
Two in every five of students have experienced a distressing event. Researchers at University College Northampton found that 48 per cent of male students and 35 per cent of female students had...
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Scottish students on increase
In 1997-98, more than 660,000 students were enrolled in further or higher education in Scotland, nearly two-thirds of them in further education colleges. There was an increase of 4 per cent in...
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NUS wants more light on hidden expenses
Students have called for a tighter definition of fees to stop institutions charging hidden course costs. While the National Union of Students welcomes section 28 of the Teaching and Higher Education...
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Young Indians seek higher experience
Indian teenagers are flocking into higher education while most poor white males and black youths remain alienated from university, according to the latest figures, writes Alan Thomson. The Youth...
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More 16-year-olds are continuing in full-time education
* More 16-year-olds are continuing in full-time education, the government has revealed. Last year 68.5 per cent chose to stay in school or go to further education colleges to continue their education...
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Participation plans win extra places
Institutions committed to enrolling students from under-represented groups have gained the bulk of the extra student places for next year, under provisional allocation plans. Last week funding chiefs...
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Poor careers advice hampers women
Young women are more likely to end up in stereotypically "female" jobs because they were poorly advised on the further and higher education options available, a report revealed this week. The Equal...
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Teaching plans mean more costs
Vice-chancellors have criticised government plans to erode university control of teacher training by directly funding the thousands of training partnerships between schools and universities, writes...
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A third of all secondary initial teacher training courses have one or more quality areas in need of significant improvement
* A third of all secondary initial teacher training courses have one or more quality areas in need of significant improvement, according to school inspectorate Ofsted.
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Student helpline for legal advice
Students have set up a legal advice network in anticipation of an explosion of student complaints. The Students Legal Advice Network - Slant - has been established by Don Staniford, a project officer...