Postgrads to get money wherever they are
MONEY for teaching postgraduate research students will be distributed evenly between high-performing departments. The English funding council will no longer fund them in departments rated 1 or 2 in...
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Wales relies on education as much as steel
Higher education is as important to the Welsh economy as steel, banking or finance, says a report from the University of Wales, Cardiff. HE directly employs 14,000 people and supports a further 10,...
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NI unions agitate to get back student benefits
Student unions in Northern Ireland have told United Nations that the UK has breached a UN agreement when it barred students from social security benefits in 1990. The UN's committee on economic,...
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RAEs spread despondency
STRESS among academics has grown and universities are losing their collegiate feel as a result of the research assessment exercise, a report on the last two exercises has found. Deadlines for...
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Singing tree rings lose their voice
The tree ring record used by scientists to map past global temperature changes appears to be losing its sensitivity and human actions might be to blame, according to new research. Reduced ozone...
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Cart before the horse
"THE EDUCATION of young people will be my Government's first priority. "They will work to raise standards in schools, colleges and universities and to promote lifelong learning at the workplace." (...
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Travelling teaching elite is proposed
The creation of a travelling group of expert lecturers, who could achieve professor status on their teaching rather than perform research, to deliver lectures around the country, was proposed this...
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Battle lines up industrial drive
THE GOVERNMENT plans to make Britain more competitive by boosting a scheme that brings together scientists, businesses and the state. John Battle, new minister of science, announced a Whitehall-wide...
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Treasury announces PFI review
A REVIEW of the Private Finance Initiative has been announced by the Treasury to help speed up the launch of public-private projects. Announcing the review, Geoffrey Robinson, paymaster general at...
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Unions fight for observatories
UNION leaders at Britain's two royal observatories say they will not accept the closure of either historic centre without a fight, writes Julia Hinde. The governing council of the Particle Physics...
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Wellcome sidesteps lab report
THE WELLCOME Trust will not endorse a report backed by all the major research funding bodies calling for urgent action to deal with the "chronic" state of many university laboratories. The report...
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On the ball
That inimitable Liverpudlian sense of humour is in evidence at Liverpool John Moores University, which claims this week to have found a novel use for the cash it extracted from the pay packets of...
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Bedtime comfort from 'Dad'
COLLEGE - the first taste of independence, life away from home and parents. But there is also pressure, stress, anxiety and isolation. For some students at Stanford University in California, the...
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A punishment for no crime
ANTHEA MILLETT makes much of her following procedures "to the letter" and maybe she did. It is the TTA procedures themselves that are unjust and unfair. They are designed to ensure compliance but...
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Current pleasures
Sir Ron Dearing can hardly be faulted for his willingness to take on a challenge. But there are signs he is growing a tad tired of the latest he has set himself - to complete the higher education...