Mature students put off by fees
Mature students have been deterred by tuition fees and more undergraduates are living at home because of higher costs, according to university admissions figures for 1998-99. The figures from the...
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Call for equality in medical schools
New guidelines are to be brought in to ensure equal opportunities in UK medical schools, following a study by the Council of Heads of Medical Schools that found that students from different ethnic...
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University for Industry gets Pounds 40 million more
The government this week announced it will provide an extra Pounds 40 million for the University for Industry, but one of its key lifelong learning advisors dismissed the flagship skills project as "...
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Body of work
(Photograph) - Advertising mogul and art collector Charles Saatchi is donating 130 pieces from his collection to create scholarship bursaries for students attending four of his favourite art colleges...
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OU restyles degreesto protect its patch
The Open University is to offer named degrees in an effort to protect its position in the part-time and mature student market. From 2000, OU students will be able to choose from 20 honours degree...
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Fifty lose jobs in Royal Greenwich Observatory closure
The 323-year-old Royal Greenwich Observatory at Cambridge will close next Friday. Five of its 120 staff are transferring to a new astronomy technology centre at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, which...
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Masters get 5-year deadline to pay
Taught masters courses in the physical sciences will be radically overhauled to make them more relevant to industry if proposals from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council get the go...
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Slavonic school seeking suitors
Two of London University's biggest colleges may battle for the right to merge with one of Britain's most prestigious specialist institutions. King's College will bid to merge with the School of...
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Institute will be a boost to industry
Cambridge University and top business leaders have joined forces to create a new Institute for Manufacturing to act as a focal point for the industry. The institute will bring together the economics...
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Germans prove more skilful
"Serious shortcomings" in skills across all sectors of the British economy have meant poor productivity compared to countries such as the United States and Germany, according to a report this week,...
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Sierra Leone backs 'wronged' student
The High Commissioner of Sierra Leone has condemned the University of Wales, Swansea, for "mistreatment" of lecturer Ansumana Koroma, who is locked in a six-year dispute with the university over the...
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Pounds 35,000 pay-out
Nottingham University has apologised after a four-year dispute with Romanian research student Manuella Antoniu, and has reached a settlement worth around Pounds 35,000, writes Phil Baty. The...
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Importance of clouds
Present models of climate change are inadequate because they do not sufficiently account for clouds, researchers told a climate science conference in Vienna this week. "Clouds are important - they...
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Babies of cocaine-snorting mums suffer
Pregnant women who take cocaine will typically cut their babies' IQ by three points, according to American researchers. Scientists had previously thought that the effects were much worse but say that...
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Governor resigns after 'losing faith' in board members
A governor has resigned from the governing board at Middlesex University because he has "lost faith in the board entirely". In a letter of resignation to the other 24 governors, Jonathan Ree said...