Low fees may win extra Hefce cash
Universities that charge bargain-basement tuition fees could get extra cash in an attempt to avert a fall in quality. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is to consult about giving "...
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A woman's debt is never paid
The average female graduate will never repay her student debt under government plans to raise student borrowing to cover top-up fees of up to ?3,000 a year, according to new research by the Liberal...
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Minority report How academics from ethnic groups and women are faring Seductive style Art deco: the art that conquered the world Hitler's Jewish soldiers The extraordinary story of Jewish Germans in...
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Two quit as St Hilda's votes 'no'
The Hildabeast will remain a female-only species after a vote on Wednesday at the last remaining women's college at Oxford University. The result led to two fellow resigning from their college...
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Transatlantic cash gulf grows
The pitiful size of UK universities' endowment funds compared with those enjoyed by their US counterparts was exposed today in a new report. The Sutton Trust research shows that even the two best-...
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Academics shoot for win bonus
The sports science department at Portsmouth University is in line for a ?10,000 bonus if the city's football team is promoted to the Premiership, writes Alan Thomson. The department was contracted to...
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In the news: Andrew Motion
They read good books, and quote, but never learn a language other than the scream of rocket-burn Our straighter talk is drowned but ironclad; elections, money, empire, oil and Dad. Poet laureate...
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Appointments
* Fred Coalter, director of the Centre for Leisure Research at the University of Edinburgh, has been appointed Scotland's first professor of sports policy at the University of Stirling. * John...
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Sykes says teaching-only sites will be second-rate institutions
Teaching-only universities will give students a second-rate learning experience, the rector of Imperial College London admitted this week. Sir Richard Sykes, a key supporter and major beneficiary of...
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RDAs 'slow down tech transfer'
Excessive bureaucracy in Regional Development Agencies is threatening to slow down knowledge transfer, universities warned the Lords science and technology committee this week. The government's white...
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City and Guilds diploma enables colleges to offer postgrad courses
Further education colleges will be able to offer postgraduate-level courses following the development of new vocational qualifications by awarding body City and Guilds. The masters professional...
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Clarke is quizzed over plans
Education secretary Charles Clarke faced criticism from students and academics in Newcastle this week on the first leg of a round-Britain tour to promote his controversial white paper proposals. The...
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Cambridge debate rages on
Questions about the direction of Cambridge University brought an unusually high turnout of 35 academics to a three-hour debate this week on the results of January's ballot on governance reforms. The...
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University plans to hand budgets over to schools to counter deficit
Cambridge University is planning to decentralise its finances to give its five schools control of their own budgets, writes Caroline Davis. The university had a ?3.8 million deficit last year, and it...
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Surf champ may wave goodbye
Britain's university surfing champion is threatening to quit Britain because of the lack of support for sporting excellence in higher education. Nick Reid, who won the British Universities Surfing...