Austen's musical persuasion
Music collected and transcribed by author Jane Austen two centuries ago has been revived for modern day concerts thanks to work by a Surrey University lecturer. Derek McCulloch has catalogued...
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Up, up and away with Mr Branson
Adding a creative twist to academia/industry collaboration, scientists have persuaded businessman Richard Branson to take one of their experiments up in his hot air balloon, which was due to begin...
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Bradford enlists elite
Bradford University opened its first graduate school in the faculty of social sciences and humanities this week, writes Alison Utley. The school will coordinate training programmes for graduates and...
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Scotland knows its rogues
Governing bodies in Scottish higher education institutions are of a very high quality and are the first line of public accountability, the Nolan committee on standards in public life heard this week...
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Nolan hears of visitor need
Higher education needs a pool of legal experts with a knowledge of the sector to act as visitors to investigate complaints of malpractice, the Nolan committee on standards in public life has been...
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Apprentice ads go on TV
The Government is seeking to raise flagging interest in the modern apprenticeship scheme by pumping more than Pounds 1 million into a month-long television and radio advertising campaign, writes...
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Mexico signs training deal
John Major has signed up to an agreement with Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo which could spark a business bonanza for the burgeoning British training industry. Mexico has been given $265 million...
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Ceiling price
(Photograph) - A Pounds 12,000 grant from the European Commission has enabled Oxford University to renovate the painted ceiling of the Sheldonian Theatre. The work became necessary after rainwater...
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Call to make students work-wise
University students need to complete a vocational course alongside a degree if they are to meet the requirements of employers, according to the pressure group Industry in Education. According to a...
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Race for rector
(Photograph) - Saudi Arabian dissident Muhammed Al-Mass'ari, who is fighting a deportation order, launches his bid to become rector of Glasgow University in the February 28 election. Professor Al-...
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Legal threat to staff contract
The Educational Institute of Scotland is considering legal action against Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen which was set to introduce new contracts for teaching appointments yesterday. The union...
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Research may cop it in British Library cuts
Duplicate copies of up to 11,000 foreign language journals and periodicals are to be axed by the British Library, sparking fears that university research will suffer. Research panel chairmen say that...
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Unionists sling out sitting officers
Unionist graduates have staged a takeover of Queen's University's convocation. More than 100 graduates of the convocation, to which all former students belong, combined to oust a number of sitting...
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Kept in the dark
Alumnus to be proud of No: 29 is the unsinkable Bolsover MP Dennis Skinner, commended last week by Gillian Shephard as a splendid advertisement for the virtues of selective education. Mr Skinner did...
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Star turn
Refreshing candour from Roy Wood of the Scottish Hotel School at Strathclyde University, in his report of a presentation during the university senate meeting by Allister Ferguson of the Institute of...