Five alive
(Photograph) - Manchester University's Whitworth Art Gallery, exhibiting Sean Skully's painting Backcloth, was one of five university museums added this week to the Museum and Galleries Commission's...
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AoC cool on sleaze squeeze
Colleges have given only a tepid welcome to the government's plans to halt sleaze in the sector. Responding to the government's consultation paper, Accountability in Further Education, the...
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Fifth business carries into conciliation
European Union research ministers have voted to begin a conciliation process over the Framework V Programme budget before the summer. The move follows the European Parliament's decision to dismiss a...
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'Substantial' progress on Foresight
The government this week published its first report on the progress of UK government departments in becoming involved with Foresight, the UK initiative to identify and exploit future key areas of...
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Endowment clears parliamentary hurdles
The chairman and trustees of the new National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts are expected to be announced in the next few weeks as the fund to support scientists and artists this week...
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Commons to investigate British Biotech crisis
The recent crisis at British Biotech, the Oxford biotechnology company accused of failing to disclose worrying developments with its drugs programme, will be the focus of a House of Commons Science...
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Kennedy to lead inquiry into Bristol deaths
Ian Kennedy, professor of health law, ethics and policy at University College, London, will chair the government's public inquiry into children's heart surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Earlier...
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Swansea institute to join University of Wales
Swansea Institute of Higher Education is to continue as an independent institution but seek membership of the University of Wales after a review of its future. The decision, made by governors this...
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Exeter email leads to libel suit
The former director of the foreign language centre at Exeter University is suing the university for libel following the posting of an email on the Internet concerning his departure from the...
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Burn this
(Photograph) - Members of Leeds University Association of University Teachers protested against the 'sacking' of three philosophy lecturers on fixed-term contracts. The three are a cause celebre in...
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University life is a happy one
Most independent school-leavers who go on to university feel happy with university life and believe that they have chosen the right institution and the right course, a survey conducted by the...
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Lecturer reinstated
A college lecturer has won his appeal against dismissal for "gross misconduct" but will still get a formal warning from managers. The University College of St Mark and St John in Plymouth, which...
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Openness laws may be a shock
Universities could be in for a culture shock when freedom of information legislation comes into force, a leading expert in the field has warned. Maurice Frankel, director of the Campaign for Freedom...
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Should a royal commission be set up?
Sian Griffiths asked people inside and outside Oxbridge whether they favour a royal commission. They hate the idea "There is a need to change the place because the pressures on the people teaching...
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Oxbridge job 'not a hobby'
St Edmund Hall fellows defend decision to oust Sir Stephen Tumim Ousted Oxford University head of house Sir Stephen Tumim was rejected by fellows at St Edmund Hall because "a modern Oxbridge...