Audit's deep confusion
THE LATEST crop of academic audit reports does not make for cheerful reading. The basic message of the original audits of the "old" universities was that they had precious few corporate quality...
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Honorary degrees
University of Westminster DLitt: David Puttnam, film producer, chairman of Enigma Productions Ltd, member of the Arts Council lottery panel; Bill Morris, general secretary of the Transport and...
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Italy recalled to court over workers' rights
ITALY faces a third legal action by the European Commission over the rights of foreign-language lecturers in Italian universities. The commission confirmed its view that Italian legislation...
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In memory
(Photograph) - In memory: the father of murdered Taiwanese student Chin-Yu Chang, of University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, places one of 1,000 paper cranes in Whitworth Park,...
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Howells issues white warning
THE long-awaited white paper on lifelong learning expected at the end of January will not be able to deal with all the recommendations made by Sir Ron Dearing, Kim Howells said last week. Instead...
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Fury over axing of geology at Aberystwyth
THE council of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, has endorsed controversial proposals to axe single honours geology degrees at the university. The restructuring of the Institute of Geography and...
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Glasgow granted asylum for new college
GLASGOW University has signed a lease for premises for a new college in Dumfries that could evolve into an independent university of the south-west of Scotland early next century. Crichton College...
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Vocational appeals to be overhauled
EDUCATION minister Baroness Blackstone announced last week an overhaul of the appeals system for those studying vocational qualifications with a view to bringing appeals for general national...
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Astronomers star-gaze into their future
THE Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council speculates in its "road map" for the future that within ten years fundamental questions such as the origins of mass and the nature of dark matter...
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Genetic assessment too early for insurers
IT IS too early for the insurance industry to make judgements about the implications of genetic testing, says a report from the Human Genetics Advisory Commission, which instead recommends a two-year...
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More young Scots take the higher road
A STEADILY increasing proportion of full-time higher education students are taking courses in further education colleges, according to the latest Scottish Office statistical bulletin. It shows that...
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FE support group to report by March
THE government has set up a Further Education Student Support Advisory Group, due to report by the end of March 1998, to look at how to improve financial support. Members are: chairman Graham Lane (...
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Tuition fees rebound on Irish
EDUCATION secretary David Blunkett has refused to budge on tuition fees despite continued fears that they will jeopardise educational opportunities for thousands of Irish students, writes Alan...
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Chairs
University of Oxford Thelma Holt has been appointed the ninth holder of the visiting theatre professorship and fellow of St Catherine's College. Miss Holt is a producer, founder of the Open Space...
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Inspectors fail Derby on teacher training
ONE university faces losing teacher training funding and three other institutions have a year to get their courses up to scratch following official inspections. The Teacher Training Agency announced...