Saints land one safely in the net
Southampton's Premier League football club is being subjected to academic scrutiny. Its progress is being charted through a new service on the Internet provided by researchers at Southampton...
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CBI wants 'parity of esteem'
Core skills must be introduced into A levels and GNVQs must be made more relevant to the workplace if the gap between academic and vocational qualifications is to be closed, the Confederation of...
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NVQs given 'too low a profile'
The Government quango charged with introducing national vocational qualifications is bungling the development of new NVQs, according to the head of the leading awarding body of job-related...
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Training relief extended
The extension of the Inland Revenue's vocational training tax relief scheme moved closer to the statute books this week as the Finance Bill based on last November's Budget received its second reading...
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Look back in Ongar
(Photograph) - David Smith (right), a design and technology student at Middlesex University, is compiling a unique photographic survey for the Ongar Railway Preservation Society. The line was first...
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Europe backs talking banks
The listening bank is about to take on a new dimension: researchers in Scotland and Denmark are investigating a banking system based on automated speech recognition. The 18-month project has won a...
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Money is not motive for merger, says Staffordshire
The University of Staffordshire announced exploratory amalgamation talks with Newcastle-under-Lyme College this week, writes Alison Utley. The negotiations, which could affect the education of more...
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Funding cuts foil Plymouth's expansion plans
The University of Plymouth has blamed funding cuts for its decision to pull out of a multi-million pound expansion deal. The university announced this week that it had pulled out of a deal with the...
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With open arms
(Photograph) - Higher education minister Eric Forth (centre) was shown around the site of Royals University College in Docklands last week by scheme partners, University of East London vice...
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Spot the problem
Britain's most popular anti-acne drug has rare but potentially serious side effects, according to a report in tomorrow's British Medical Journal. A team which includes researchers from Keele and...
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Full-timers go full on
The number of full-time vocational further education students in Scotland reached a record 40,654 in 1993/94, an 11 per cent increase on the previous year, according to the latest Scottish Office...
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Egged on
Industry minister Tim Eggar was due to visit Sunderland yesterday to launch the university's policy document on science, engineering and technology. The document sets an agenda for the university's...
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Sizing up the quality
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has decided to join discussions on the creation of a new higher education quality agency. The council decided that its chief executive, John Sizer, would...
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MPs put punch in Suffolk bid to become 'televersity'
Suffolk MPs across the political spectrum have backed plans to transform Ipswich-based Suffolk College into a fully-fledged "televersity" which will harnesses the benefits of the information...
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UCE to swallow local FE college
The University of Central England and East Birmingham College are about to make a formal merger proposal following months of public consultation on their ambitious plans to transform post-school...