Masons pay Pounds 250,000 to fund university chair
Sheffield University has defended its controversial decision to accept money from the Freemasons to set up a chair and research centre for masonic studies. Last month The THES revealed that the...
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May the course be with you
The University of Glamorgan has launched a degree in science and science fiction. The course aims to entice its graduates into science jobs by appealing to them through analysis of science fiction...
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Unions want all to share pay rises
Pay proposals inspired by the Bett report will be unacceptable unless they involve substantial salary rises for all grades of staff, lecturers' unions agreed this week. In a joint statement, the...
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Incomes in higher education rising
Income for higher education institutions has risen more than 20 times the real-terms increase in staff salaries, the AUT claims. An AUT analysis of data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency...
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Disaffection rules as Chatham House reorganises
George Joffe, whose acrimonious departure from his post as deputy director of Chatham House highlighted divisions in the foreign affairs institute, this week disclosed his blueprint for its future,...
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Liquid refreshment
(Photograph) - Stirling University student Myles MacKintosh takes a farewell dip in the university pool, which is to be replaced by a six-lane, 50-metre Olympic length pool. Stirling is to house a...
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Access to be Scots' top priority
Scottish funding chiefs are on the brink of a radical reform of the university funding system amid fears that English institutions are neglecting lifelong learning in pursuit of research cash. The...
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Unis acknowledge NVQ role
Vocational training programmes in universities now have a representative body. The University Vocational Awards Council, which met for the first time earlier this month, is designed to respond to...
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Toronto
A small majority of Canadians say specialised vocational colleges are more useful to young people than a broad-based university degree. An Angus Reid survey of 1,515 people also found that two-thirds...
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FE told to back off HE provision
The government said this week that it wants further education colleges to refocus provision on training because they have skewed their educational mission in favour of higher education. The...
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Colleges' debts rise fourfold in five years
Debt levels in further education have quadrupled in the past five years, a financial analysis of the sector reveals. Noble's Further Education Financial Yearbook, to be published next week, shows...
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TECs' training standards rapped by report
Training and enterprise councils took another nail in the coffin this week as inspectors said that although much work-based training was outstanding, a significant minority was dismally poor, writes...
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Universities receive booster shot
Universities are set to benefit from the government's new strategy for educating and training nurses, midwives and health visitors, which was unveiled last week. "A key feature of the new system will...
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Assembly confirms Welsh fees will stay
The Welsh Assembly will not have the power to abolish tuition fees, unlike its Scottish counterpart, the newly installed head of post-16 education in Wales has said. Tom Hutchinson, the Welsh cabinet...
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UHI adds unique entry to UCAS handbook
The University of the Highlands and Islands project has taken another step towards the academic mainstream by being included for the first time in the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service...