Benefits of training for small firms questioned
There is no evidence that education and training can help small firms to prosper, a report for the Department for Education and Employment has found. The report warns that "policy-makers need to...
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Clubbing together
After railing publicly against Oxbridge college fees, Geoffrey Copland, vice chancellor of the University of Westminster, fears a knock at the door. No, not from his Russell Group colleagues, or his...
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Spaced out
Mike Disney, professor of physics at the University of Wales, Cardiff, is taking a lead in town- gown links as he blows the city's trumpet on the London Underground. Huge posters of the university...
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Border disputes
Edinburgh University, accused in recent years of excessive anglicisation, has been pointing to the vast range of Scottish courses on offer. But the Scottish history department clearly needs to do...
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Wishful thinking
There was great agitation at this week's Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals annual forum after Scottish education minister Brian Wilson revealed that some students were more equal than...
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Room for a spin
In the highly charged atmosphere of spin and counter-spin keeping government circles in a tizzy, ministers cannot be too careful. So education minister David Blunkett was anxious to calm the nerves...
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What's in a name
Considering he is bidding for the most thankless job in British trade unionism, Fawzi Abrahim is showing some grit in his attempt to become general secretary of lecturers' union Natfhe. This week...
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Greenspan's sneeze
We hope that the treasurer of New York University keeps quiet about alumni to be proud of when attending meetings of finance chiefs of US universities. Alan Greenspan, head of the US Federal Reserve...
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Part-timers ill-served, say vice chancellors
The Dearing report failed to see the growth potential of part-time study, postgraduate education and continuing personal and professional development, vice chancellors say. In its official response...
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Principals prefer flat-rate tuition fees
THE Standing Conference of Principals says that the Dearing report pays too much attention to 18-year-olds in higher education and too little to recommendations made by Helena Kennedy in her Widening...
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Costs deter study abroad, says British Council
A fee of Pounds 1,000 is likely to deter British students from spending a period of study abroad, the British Council has warned. Such a change might create an even greater imbalance between the...
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Missing in action
(Photograph) - Missing in action: hundreds of Colombian students staged a demonstration outside Bogot 's Universidad Nacional in protest at the forced 'disappearance' last month of two fellow...
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Wellcome Trust rejects loan scheme
UNIVERSITY infrastructure is the sole responsibility of the government, says the Wellcome Trust in its response to the Dearing report. The trust, one of the UK's principal funders of biomedical...
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Doctors urge more efficient resourcing
Universities must raise standards in research costing and resource allocation if they expect funders to invest more in infrastructure, says the Medical Research Council in its response to the Dearing...
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Library chief berates selfish universities
"University libraries can't cope anymore," said Matthew Evans, chairman of Faber and Faber and head of the Library and Information Commission. "The signs on the university library doors say 'members...