Scots soften the blow of Dearing teaching cuts
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is seeking to protect teaching funds this coming year with a 2 per cent cash rise, which is still a 0.5 per cent cut in real terms. This is only half the...
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Unions press for 10 per cent-plus pay rise
Two higher education unions this week called for pay rises of more than 10 per cent. University and college lecturers' union Natfhe will recommend a headline 15 per cent rise. At least 10 per cent of...
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BT plans to found its own academy
British Telecom is considering plans to establish an academy of training and research centres. "We have a big commitment to investing in training and development," said a spokesman. "This proposed...
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The Mercury Gallery, Cork Street, London
(Photograph) - Print-works: The Mercury Gallery, Cork Street, London, displays work by De Montfort University students as part of its fourth annual Young Printmakers exhibition. The event is a...
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Venture capital firms flourish
Venture capital has tripled in the United Kingdom in the 1990s but its economic benefits have not been shared equally by the regions, a Southampton and Ulster universities study reveals. In 1992,...
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Biochemists' RAE merger
Biochemistry will not have its own panel in the next research assessment exercise, but will be subsumed into the biological sciences unit of assessment instead. Biochemistry is the only panel to...
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Finance officers face rule change
A new set of accounting rules for universities is expected by the summer, giving universities a year to put them in place. A member of the government group looking at financial openness in...
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Nurse teachers 'not up to speed' on ward life
A "substantial minority" of nurse educators lack up-to-date clinical experience, the head of a leading university health department claimed this week. The head, who refused to be named, suggested...
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Battle to keep nursing in higher education
The battle to keep nursing in higher education stepped up this week. The RCN, responding to health secretary Frank Dobson, said "scapegoating nurse education avoids the real issues of low pay,...
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What the doctor ordered
(Photograph) - Paula Starritt, a fifth-year medical student at Aberdeen University, helps to raise funds for a Ukrainian children's charity in a concert by the British Isles Medical Students...
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Genome Valley needs 'giants'
Too many small biotechnology companies and public "biophobia" over genetically modified crops threaten the United Kingdom's bid to become the leading bioindustrial country in Europe, according to...
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House of Lords thumbs-up to genetic modification of crops
A House of Lords committee this week gave the thumbs-up to the genetic modification of crops, saying the potential benefits outweighed the risks. It calls for a committee to ensure firm environment...
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Manchester incubator opens for ideas
The first of a new breed of university "hothouses" for the commercial exploitation of biomedical research went into operation at Manchester University this week. The Pounds 12 million "incubator",...
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College pro-staff plans in jeopardy
Landmark plans to professionalise teaching in further education colleges could be scuppered by apathy and a lack of cash. Ministers are expected to herald one of the biggest quality improvement...
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FE seen as model of 'balance'
The further education sector is being used as a model of best practice in a major inquiry into the future of our public services. Researchers at the Institute of Public Policy Research believe that...