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Physics and chemistry are in trouble. Physicists blame falling student numbers and cuts, while chemists finger the research assessment exercise THE Association of University Teachers has launched a...
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Wales waits in wings
Learning about Australia and the US The first BA honours course in Australian studies in the United Kingdom could run at the University of Wales, Lampeter if a proposal being developed there is...
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Menzies chief's quest for cash
Huw Richards talks to two men in the London hot seats of learning about Australia and the US CARL Bridge has come to Britain to promote academic interest in Australia. As Australia prepares to...
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Escape from eastern Europe via the older man
MEN have long suspected that the larger their wallet, the greater their chance of attracting the opposite sex. Now economists at Bradford University have proved it. By looking at information from...
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Colleges to go it alone on pensions
Colleges and new universities are hoping to free themselves from the teachers' pension scheme to avoid being subject to policy decisions designed for schools. The education minister James Paice...
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Research formula will reward elite
FUNDING council chiefs unveiled a radically more selective system for sharing out research cash to English universities this week. The values that the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Maths and English 'A-level essentials'
Applicants for university places should have at least an AS level in English or another language and maths or a science, says the Institute for Public Policy Research report on business policy. The...
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Chemical scores are giving some a headache
Physics and chemistry are in trouble. Physicists blame falling student numbers and cuts, while chemists finger the research assessment exercise the future of chemistry is in the balance at two...
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Merging moment
Two higher education unions with a combined strength of more than 40,000 are due to merge later this year. The Association of University and College Lecturers is looking to merge officially with the...
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Reading delay
A private member's bill to establish a General Teaching Council, up for debate in the House of Commons today, looks unlikely to get its second reading because of other items on the list for debate...
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Cuts cut back
Cuts to the Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme have been restored following a meeting of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The grant for 1996/97 will be Pounds 10 million,...
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Homes left alone
Academics have condemned the Government's decision to halt the General Household Survey, which gives an annual snapshot of social, living and working arrangements in 10,000 households. The Office of...
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Jordan forges Malaysian link
THE AL al-Bayt university in Jordan has applied to set up a branch campus in Kuantan, West Malaysia. About 800 Malaysian students study at the university in Jordan. Its degrees are recognised by...
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Get chartered
Universities and colleges have been urged to apply for a Charter Mark by Lord Henley. The education and employment minister said none were awarded in higher education last year. The scheme recognises...
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Brum goes Pounds 1m in red
THE UNIVERSITY of Birmingham has a Pounds 1 million projected deficit for next year and is planning up to 15 job cuts, but no top-up fees. Its prospectus has gone to the printers without the "health...