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Last week in The THES... Iain Mclean asked what academics would like to see included in the government's planned Freedom of Information Act. Charles Woolfson Senior lecturer in industrial relations,...
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Cutting edge
David Wield Director of the Centre for Technology Strategy and chair of the development policy and practice group at the Open University If biotechnology innovators want to be successful, they should...
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First-class degrees continue ascent
The proportion of graduates gaining first-class honours has risen again, according to new figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. In 1998, 8 per cent of students gained firsts, compared...
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School-leavers set record
Scotland's largest single group of school-leavers - 30 per cent - entered higher education in 1997-98. The latest Scottish Office statistics on post-school destinations show 26 per cent of the 62,500...
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University bonus for enrolling disabled
Details of the cash reward universities will receive for attracting students from under-represented groups were announced by the Higher Education Funding Council for England this week. The Pounds 50...
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Dubai teacher pursues compensation for 'wasted' PhD effort
Aston University may face an unprecedented legal bid for more than Pounds 100,000 in damages by a former research student. Any test case could open the floodgates to similar claims. Kevin Wilkinson...
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Opposition seek funding inquiry
Liberal Democrat and Conservative education spokesmen united in calls this week for a government inquiry into the effect of abolishing maintenance grants and introducing tuition fees. Both parties...
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Sir George Quigley
Sir George Quigley, leader of the review into the "Scottish fee anomaly" has played down application figures that show Scotland has been hard hit with a 5.9 per cent fall. Sir George said it was "too...
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AUT grinds its axe on pay review body
Public sector pay deals announced this week show the value of pay review bodies, according to the Association of University Teachers, which submits its claim to employers today. David Triesman,...
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Student shortfall linked to cash
The proportion of school-leavers applying for a university place this year has fallen. UK applicants aged under 21 were the only group to show a nominal increase by the December 15 deadline,...
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Unlock our academic expertise to drive economy, says Sainsbury
Companies must make more use of the expertise in universities if the United Kingdom's economy is to become "knowledge driven", science minister Lord Sainsbury said last week, writes Kam Patel. At a...
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Patents provide universities with slender returns
Julia Hinde A leading US technology licensing manager has warned universities that commercialising their research will never make a major contribution to their budgets. At the American Association...
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New benefactors for scientists
A new wave of philanthropy - led by young professionals including many women - has hit the US in the past two to three years. Jaleh Daie, professor of biology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison...
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DTI knocks UK entrepreneurs for their 'poverty of ambition'
Entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom are "too easily satisfied" with their first million and suffer from a "poverty of ambition", according to Philip Treleaven of University College London. Professor...
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EU will stand by pure research
Blue-skies university research must continue to be state funded while building closer links with the private sector, said Edith Cresson, European research and innovation commissioner. Mrs Cresson,...