Half of Welsh youths are still studying
Enrolments to the Welsh further education sector have risen 75 per cent since 1992, the Further Education Funding Council for Wales's annual report says. Published this week, the report shows that 51...
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Call to double modern apprenticeships
A call to double the number of people starting modern apprenticeships in five years and to open training routes through higher education has come from the Centre for Economic Performance. The content...
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Faculties bypass university PR
Universities are struggling to promote themselves to the outside world. A survey of higher education by education public relations firm Communications Management found that 78 per cent of...
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Student fails to win exam decision case
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review application by an aggrieved student against the University of Central England. Iqbal Sandhu had applied for judicial review when the university refused...
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Bain signs harassment code with unions
George Bain, vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, has signed a declaration with staff unions stating that all employees have the right to work free from intimidation or harassment on the...
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GNVQ completion rate rises
Only half of the active advanced-level general national vocational qualifications candidates successfully completed their work by the annual cut-off point, the published 1997-98 results show. By the...
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Astronomers go ballistic about science budget
Astronomers have reacted angrily to last week's science budget allocations, describing them as a "disaster for pure science" and questioning the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council's...
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Scottish students renew campaign
The National Union of Students Scotland is to resurrect its campaign for student grants as Scotland prepares for its own parliament, writes Olga Wojtas. The union, which is autonomous from NUS UK,...
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Asthma strikes twice
Up to one in five British school children suffers from asthma-like symptoms, according to a Leicester University survey. Researchers following 1,500 children from birth found that asthma is still a...
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DiCaprio's Titanic teenage appeal
The days of the macho film star are over. Today's young women are attracted to caring and sensitive actors. Anne Massey, dean of media arts at Southampton Institute, is looking at teenage infatuation...
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How tolerant managers get ahead
Education is the least good predictor of management success, according to Cranfield University researchers. A worldwide study looking at what determines a person's success or failure in an...
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Change to pattern of killer bug
Twelve cases of meningitis have been reported in British universities so far this academic year with two students dying from the disease in the past fortnight. Though numbers of university cases are...
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Tree doctor
(Photograph) - Tree doctor: A physicist from York University believes he has unearthed the apple tree which inspired Sir Isaac Newton's theory of gravity. Richard Keesing is now awaiting the results...
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RAE opens transfer market
Flutters in the academic transfer market could start happening from now on because of a change in rules governing the next research assessment exercise, an expert on the RAE has warned. Under the...
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Industry task group for research
Industry and users such as the National Health Service will play a greater role in assessing university research under plans announced this week. The Confederation of British Industry and the Higher...