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John Davies abbreviates the broadcasting week (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week. The series formerly known as Timewatch now goes under the less pithy title History Zone Films. The first...
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Move over, shrinks
French thinker Pierre Bourdieu thinks an interview with a sociologist will allay anxieties and help you understand your life. Harriet Swain reports. For Pierre Bourdieu, arguably France's leading...
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Current sources for research funding
This section lists funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES www.acu.ac.uk Development Fellowships The...
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'I feel that I've been shafted'
Janet McKay has found that teaching can be very rewarding but it does have negative aspects. While the 23-year-old modern studies teacher enjoys the personal satisfaction teaching gives her, she does...
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Blunkett finds the extra college cash
An extra Pounds 18 million has been found for 16-19 college provision, education secretary David Blunkett has confirmed. The money will be allocated to colleges through the standards fund, in...
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Awards for creators and performers
The Arts and Humanities Research Board is launching awards for doctoral studies in the creative and performing arts. It will kick off with 25 awards.
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FEFC doubles support for new curriculum
College chiefs have welcomed the Further Education Funding Council's decision to double its financial support for Curriculum 2000 to Pounds 68.8 million, dissipating fears that colleges would not be...
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Indie president
(Photograph) - Indie president: Owain James, the first independent candidate to be elected leader of the the National Union of Students since 1973, aims to make 'the NUS powerful again
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Britain must fight to keep foreign trade
British universities are unprofessional, complacent and naive in their approach to recruiting overseas students, according to a report published by the British Council this week. Their international...
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Physics and chemistry suffer Napier axe
Napier University is dropping degrees in physics and chemistry because of lack of student interest. The university will have no new intake in physics or chemistry in the coming academic year....
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Consultants clash on sub-degree costs
* There is no evidence that it is cheaper to teach students at sub-degree level than at degree level, according to a study by J M Consulting, published this week. The work, which was commissioned by...
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Trust backs Exeter Cathedral project
Cathedral sculptures research, which had been abandoned by Exeter University because it was not eligible for the research assessment exercise, has won funding from Leverhulme Trust. Exeter pulled the...
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Unions ballot over forced jobs losses
Staff at Edge Hill College of Higher Education are furious over plans to cut staff and undergraduate provision in underachieving subjects and invest in those recruiting well. Lecturers' union Natfhe...
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Radical visionary gets Byers's approval
Universities should charge market-rate tuition fees, split into public and private research elites and teaching-only institutions, and encourage academics to work in the private sector, according to...
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Free, quality schooling wins unions' backing
Lecturers' union Natfhe and the National Union of Teachers pledged their support for the Global Campaign for Education's Action Week this week. Organisations across the world are attempting to...