Open sesame across the pond
The Open University is opening its doors for business in the United States with the creation of the "Open University of the United States". Sir John Daniel, vice-chancellor of the OU, said: "The new...
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European waiver plea
University European officers have urged peers to back fee waivers and grants for students on short visits to the Continent. Members of the Association of Higher Education European Officers have...
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De Montfort seals law deal
DE MONTFORT University has clinched a deal to take over Bristol University's legal practice course from September. The move will take the university a step nearer its ambition of rivalling the...
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Pounds 32.5m for Cambridge
British Petroleum and Unilever this week announced funding worth Pounds 32.5 million for research at the University of Cambridge, writes Kam Patel. Unilever is giving Pounds 13 million over five...
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Glasgow miss
The government is facing more of an uphill battle than it realised in its hope of establishing greater regionalism. A Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals' regional seminar on widening access...
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London hiss
Perhaps the CVCP would have benefited from hearing David Bleiman, assistant general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, speak on St George's Day at the Scottish Trades Union Congress...
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Submission surrender
THE government's commitment to inclusive politics may have backfired by over choking the further and higher education sectors on inquiries and consultations. Evidence that the sectors may be...
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Speed trap
Any students nicked for speeding in Swansea can plausibly try blaming their institutions for putting ideas in their heads. No sooner does Swansea Institute of Higher Education decide to put a...
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Methodist acting
Members of the Higher Education Funding Council for England who have found their new chairman, Sir Michael Checkland, strangely elusive since his appointment last autumn, learned why at their recent...
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Quiz show
Your starter for ten: what would be the ideal apr s-conference entertainment for an event chock-a-block with boffins? A university challenge, of course. Competition is bound to be intense at the...
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Liberation front
Alumnus to be proud of No 171 showed this week that the more assertively confident form displayed recently in his job possibly came from the sense of liberation attached to knowing you will shortly...
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Learn while you work
Leeds Metropolitan University is offering students the chance to gain qualifications from sub-degree up to doctorate level without ever attending a lecture, writing an essay or sitting an exam. In...
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BAe, academe fly into future
British Aerospace has committed itself to a Pounds 2 billion investment programme over the next decade to fund a "radically new approach" to education, technology, training and research. At the heart...
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Corporate 'ruin' threat
Business Schools face potential ruin as "corporate universities" poach academics on individual contracts and shun institutions, the Association of Business Schools has warned. Speaking to The THES...
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Parents alarmed at suicide risk
EXAM time is almost upon us, bringing with it the sleepless nights long associated with cramming. Yet academic pressure is only one of the difficulties students face at university and college....