Economising on time
Amid the stormy discussions taking place at the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals' annual conference this week, one voice was conspicuously absent. After being one of the noisiest...
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Bending in public
Desperation in the quest to counter the crisis in teacher recruitment appears to have reached new depths. The Commons education and employment select committee, already on its second inquiry into...
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Rebooted out
A student who will not be invited on to any bodies concerned with raising standards is at the University of Queensland, which has taken the big stick to one for persistent "computer misconduct". The...
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Paisley pattern
What do they know that we don't? Politics pundits David McCrone of Edinburgh University and Bill Miller of Glasgow University, who were much in demand by the media during Scotland's devolution...
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That's enough eds
The conviction that the Government has fortune as well as the opinion polls on its side can only be reinforced by the sight of the remaining members of the loyalist Conservative press tearing each...
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Scots look into their crystal balls
THE DEBATE on the place of higher education under a Scottish parliament begins next week at a conference organised by the Association of University Teachers Scotland and the Scottish Trades Union...
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Reform reject keeps rectors in their chairs
THE SCOTTISH Office has pre-empted consultation on the Garrick report, the Scottish arm of the Dearing inquiry, by rejecting its proposal to reduce the rights of university rectors. The Garrick...
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Cash boost for Highlands and Islands
SCOTTISH education minister Brian Wilson has pledged Pounds 3.6 million for the University of the Highlands and Islands project, but has hinted that there will now be closer Government scrutiny of...
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Hornucopia: Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
(Photograph) - Textile students at the University of Derby designed the costumes for the ancient pagan Abbots Bromley Horn Dance performed last week by 12 villagers. The dance, featured in...
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Easing of cash vice on Wales is urged
Welsh vice chancellors are to keep up the pressure on Ron Davies, secretary of state for Wales, for an easing of the fierce funding squeeze being imposed on them. The issue was high on the agenda...
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Millennium engineer reveals some dome truths
One of the world's biggest cranes will lumber into action in North Greenwich, London, in the next few weeks to lift the first of 12 100-metre masts that will support the giant Millennium Dome. In a...
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Lakes university plan revived
The case for a University of the Lake District was reactivated this week with the publication of new proposals to merge a handful of colleges across Cumbria to form a new federal university. The idea...
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Former polys top the debt league
Debt levels are continuing to rise among higher education institutions, with the former polytechnics still carrying the largest burden, according to an annual financial guide to the sector. The...
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'Sacrifice jobs for better teachers' - ex-TTA man
A major shift of funds from undergraduate teacher training to postgraduate provision could be the best way to improve primary school teaching standards, despite the mass redundancies it would cause...
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Cup helps French image
ENGLAND still does not know if it will be going to France for next year's World Cup in football. But a group of eight British academics already have their tickets booked. Hugh Dauncey and Geoffrey...