Carry on assessing . . .
While some observers are predicting that next year's research assessment exercise will be the last, the man most likely to have the Government's ear on the subject does not agree. "I would bet a...
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The battle's won
Newbattle Abbey College, Scotland's sole adult residential college whose core funding was axed by Government in 1989, is this week relaunching two full-time diploma courses. It has survived for the...
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Internet news
THESIS THESIS, The THES Internet Service provides details of the contents of this week's newspaper including news, features, books and, this week, the Synthesis guide to trends in higher education....
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Self-control of quality assurance assured
The three-year battle for control of the quality assurance process has been won by the universities. Their victory over the Higher Education Funding Council for England was confirmed last week when...
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German award
The President of the German Federal Republic, Roman Herzog, has awarded the Commander's Cross of the German Order of Merit to Lord Bullock, Founding Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford, and the...
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Lost tongues
Fewer British students are signing up for foreign language degrees at university, according to figures from Surrey University. Statistics from UCAS, the applications body, show that last year only 2,...
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Taylor made
Science minister Ian Taylor launched a Pounds 40 million competition aimed at supporting priorities identified by the Technology Foresight initiative this week. Outline bids for research funding...
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Labour think tank calls for ministry of research
Big cuts in Britain's military research and development spending, no further moves to privatise public sector research laboratories and the creation of a ministry for research are among the key...
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Students wise up to danger of drink
An "alcohol awareness" campaign for students? This might seem a trifle unnecessary yet it is precisely what the National Union of Students and the alcohol advice group Drinkline launched this week at...
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Cancer virus identified
Kaposi's sarcoma, one of the commonest cancers in young men in the West, is almost certainly caused by a human herpes virus, scientists from the Institute of Cancer Research and University College...
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English masters courses dropped
Exeter University is to drop two taught masters courses in English after they were rated unsatisfactory by quality assessors from the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The rating was...
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Blair banks on loans
The Labour Party is planning a two-stage reform of student awards and loans. The party's education team, which met academics and union leaders for a policy-shaping seminar in Oxford this week, plans...
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Trunk call
(Photograph) - Liverpool University veterinary graduate Oliver Turner on his way to finishing his swim across the English Channel. Mr Turner, aged 24, took 12 hours and 33 minutes to complete the...
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Colleges on brink of insolvency
Fifty-eight colleges are expecting to face technical insolvency according to unpublished financial forecasts received by the Further Education Funding Council in March. A further 303 colleges - more...
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Angling for human rights
Academic Freedom 3 - Women's Rights, Human Rights - Historical Change and Human Rights - Human Rights - Human Rights, Human Wrongs