NUS plans fees upset
The National Union of Students will step up its anti-tuition fees campaign to keep the issue on the pre-election agenda, it emerged this week, writes Phil Baty Student union presidents at this week's...
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Newport convention
It had to happen. Bryan Davies, Labour's further and higher education spokesman and Alan Howarth, floor-crossing former Tory minister for same, are running against each other for the same...
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My mate David
Alumnus to be proud of No. 91 is determined to leave no stone unturned in his bid to become the archetypal eccentric scientist. David Bellamy, the much-loved hirsute expert on things that live under...
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All hail Noel
The unholy trinity of Lewis Wolpert, Richard Dawkins and Peter Atkins has been challenged by a retired consultant psychiatrist from Manchester, Noel Curran, aged 80, to "defend their absolute...
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Shucks, SHEFC
One name among the first eight board members of the new quality assurance agency, that of Sir Ronald Miller, is causing puzzlement in Scotland. Sir Ronald, who chaired the review of Scottish quality...
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The dating game
May 1, June, or is it July? These significant dates are likely to have been pencilled into the academic calendar, rather than marked in indelible ink. The first, still the best bet for the General...
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Province lobbies to get its research millions back
Northern Ireland's two universities are lobbying industry to support their fight for a restoration of Pounds 4 million research funding. The special regional development funding has been clawed back...
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Marjorie Mowlam
Shadow secretary of state Marjorie Mowlam has pledged to review the stalled "peace line" university project as a matter of priority after the general election, writes Noel Mcadam. But in private...
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'Nous' test faces test of credibility
The launch next month of the Graduate Employability Test will meet with much scepticism from educationists, higher education careers services and graduate employers, it has emerged. The test's...
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Great scientist: this is your life
THE WORLD's greatest scientific thinkers are being given the chance to address posterity via a video archive. Exhaustive, unedited interviews about their life and work have already been recorded with...
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Nolan welcomes check on agencies
GOVERNMENT plans to create a forum for agencies that keep an eye on quangos and such public bodies as universities have received a cautious welcome from Lord Nolan, chairman of the Committee on...
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Quango pay rattles parties
EDUCATION quangos have come under fire from both main opposition parties as they strive to push sleaze to the top of the election agenda. The Liberal Democrats have attacked quango chiefs' pay rises...
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Who is paid how much to do what
Higher Education Funding Council for England. Chairman: Sir Ron Dearing/Brandon Gough(appointed April 1993) - twodays per week - Pounds 41,000 (92/94); Pounds 35,000 (94/95); Pounds 36,000 (95/96)....
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Buzz groups enter history
TEN years ago a Leverhulme Trust-funded study concluded that "history remains one of the subjects least susceptible to external manipulation". The picture was of a discipline "only responsive to...
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Pop gets classical experts into the rhythm
WHEN STUDENT demand forces traditional university music departments to turn to pop, serious issues get drummed up. As Derek Scott of Salford University puts it, yodelling, growling, whistling and...