No call to cut places
Only one university has asked to give up some of its student numbers in response to an invitation to all institutions from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. In the light of severe...
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Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features and reviews in the newspaper. Job advertisements, appear on The service is availableon the Internet at: http://...
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Salford holds Ireland forum
"Understanding the Peace Process in Ireland" is a seminar series kicking off next week at Salford University with some of the most important academics in the field alongside senior representatives of...
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Sea change: Amanda Vincent, zoologist at Oxford University
(Photograph) - Sea change: Amanda Vincent, zoologist at Oxford University, says that seahorse populations around the world are collapsing as people use them for aphrodisiacs, aquariums and especially...
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Recipe for life is found in deep space
Space scientists in the United Kingdom this week said they were "stunned" to have found water and carbon co-existing outside the solar system, meaning that the conditions under which life could start...
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No call to cut places
* University and college applications were marginally down by the deadline of December 15, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service confirmed this week. Applications for 1996 entry dipped by...
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V-cs' salaries
Sir Cyril Chantler, principal of UMDS, was paid Pounds 110,000 in 1994/95, exclusive of employee and employer pension contributions, not Pounds 139,000 as reported last week. Adrian Webb, vice...
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Love thy staff
Unison chose Valentine's Day to launch a campaign for better pay for its 40,000 members in universities and colleges. Its pay claim, delivered in pink Valentine cards, is for a substantial flat rate...
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Leicester aims high
Plans for a Pounds 42 million national space science centre containing exhibition hall, planetarium, theatre plus learning and research centres has been submitted to the Millennium Commission by...
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Excellent Exeter
Teaching quality at the University of Exeter's School of English has been regraded as "excellent" by assessors from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Assessors revisited the school...
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Libs' pick 'n' mix
A single post-14 academic and vocational qualifications framework, encompassing both further and higher education, is proposed in the Liberal Democrats' higher education policy paper to be published...
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Pounds 3m multimedia contest as grants cut
Universities are invited to join with companies in a multimedia competition launched this week by science and technology minister Ian Taylor as part of the Government's Pounds 35 million Information...
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Match maths hits the wicket
Lord only knows what W. G. Grace, would have made of the World Cup which started this week, complete with limited-over matches, floodlight stadia and players in bright clothing. But his home city of...
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Lottery win for left library
A unique research collection documenting 200 years of British labour history was awarded Pounds 198,900 this week by the National Heritage Lottery Fund. The Working Class Movement Library in Salford...
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Teacher training faces crisis
Teacher training in universities and colleges is facing a financial crisis which could prove "unmanageable", education heads warned this week. Intake targets and funding allocations were sent by the...