QAA silent over awkward squad
The Quality Assurance Agency has side-stepped questions over its power to police standards. It has declined to say how it will deal with institutions that refuse to take part in quality checks, in...
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Free access to the Net will end on July 31
FREE academic access to the Internet is to end. At midnight on July 31, the meters will start running on data traffic from North America at the point where the cable carrying it comes ashore - on the...
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Poor quality teaching should be highlighted
Poor quality teaching should be highlighted by public "naming and shaming" rather than financial penalties, says the National Union of Students. While it believes the broad framework suggested in the...
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Sheep-shape
(Photograph) - Sheep-shape: 15 years after leaving school at 16 with just three O levels, Richard Slade graduated from the University of Leeds this week with a first-class honours degree in...
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Influx negates gains for poor
STUDENTS struggling financially will receive less help this year in spite of the government doubling the funds for which they are eligible, their union has warned. The National Union of Students says...
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Bomber suspect investigated by Queen's
Queen's University Students' Union has revealed it is investigating one of the four people charged with conspiring to bomb London over allegations of voting fraud in a student election. Darren...
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Loan details flesh out bill
PROVISIONS for the overhaul of student funding were set out by the government this week after the Teaching and Higher Education Bill received Royal Assent last Thursday. These consist of regulations...
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College applicants could bypass parent body
STUDENTS taking the first part of a degree at further education college may soon apply directly to the college rather than to the associated university. A working party set up by the Universities and...
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UFI role mooted for UCAS
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service may play a role in the new University for Industry. "We are talking about whether we might act as some kind of clearing-house for the UFI," said chief...
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Access database launched
A NEW database giving students and university admissions officers details of every official access course and how it is assessed has been launched by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service...
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Political scientists consider Euro network
European political science organisations are set to link up in a continent-wide body. A working party led by Ian Forbes, professor of politics at Nottingham University and chair of the Political...
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Museums back insurance study
The Museums and Galleries Commission has commissioned research into museums' insurance from a team at City University and into the state of scholarship in the sector from a team at the University of...
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East Durham, Houghall merger plans blocked
Plans to merge East Durham Community College and Houghall College of Agriculture are being blocked by the regional office of the Further Education Funding Council. Houghall's acting principal, Ian...
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UK University Research poster
The UK University Research poster published in the July 17 issue of The THES should have stated the research income for De Montfort University as Pounds 4.487 million, Derby as Pounds 1.090 million...
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Medicine under fire at St Andrews
St Andrews University is insisting that the quality of its medical graduates is not in doubt in the wake of allegations of low standards, student cheating and disruptive behaviour. A leaked memo from...