OU man boosts teaching
A significant shift away from the research culture of universities will be signalled next week. The Higher Education Funding Council for England will announce that Graham Gibbs of the Open University...
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Dearing backs tax breaks for students
The first clear picture of how Sir Ron Dearing's inquiry will reshape higher education emerged this week. A bold shift of power away from institutions and quangos to the student is the basis of Sir...
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Forty is our forte
Concentrating research in a small group of universities would lead to inefficiency, says a leading education economist, writes Huw Richards. Geraint Johnes, director of Lancaster University's centre...
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Education makes way for sleaze...
There could be a long wait before the Commons select committee on education and employment is reconstituted. Commons committees looking at sleaze and reform of the House will be given priority. The...
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...As Conservatives made way for Labour
None of the education and employment committee's seven Conservatives survived the election. Six were defeated: chair Malcolm Thornton (Crosby), Michael Brown (Cleethorpes), Harry Greenway (Ealing...
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Charlotte Mason courses are back on course
Teacher training courses run on the site of the former Charlotte Mason College have been successfully turned around, the Teacher Training Agency has announced. St Martin's College, accredited by...
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Expanded but not integrated
Subject and career choices remain gender-stereotyped in spite of rapid expansion in the numbers of both sexes in post-compulsory education and training, says a report from the Equal Opportunities...
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Sandwich to change divine training
The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has backed proposals for a sandwich degree which will change the way candidates for the ministry are trained in divinity faculties in Scotland. The...
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Postgrads to get money wherever they are
MONEY for teaching postgraduate research students will be distributed evenly between high-performing departments. The English funding council will no longer fund them in departments rated 1 or 2 in...
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Wales relies on education as much as steel
Higher education is as important to the Welsh economy as steel, banking or finance, says a report from the University of Wales, Cardiff. HE directly employs 14,000 people and supports a further 10,...
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NI unions agitate to get back student benefits
Student unions in Northern Ireland have told United Nations that the UK has breached a UN agreement when it barred students from social security benefits in 1990. The UN's committee on economic,...
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RAEs spread despondency
STRESS among academics has grown and universities are losing their collegiate feel as a result of the research assessment exercise, a report on the last two exercises has found. Deadlines for...
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Singing tree rings lose their voice
The tree ring record used by scientists to map past global temperature changes appears to be losing its sensitivity and human actions might be to blame, according to new research. Reduced ozone...
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Cart before the horse
"THE EDUCATION of young people will be my Government's first priority. "They will work to raise standards in schools, colleges and universities and to promote lifelong learning at the workplace." (...
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Travelling teaching elite is proposed
The creation of a travelling group of expert lecturers, who could achieve professor status on their teaching rather than perform research, to deliver lectures around the country, was proposed this...