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A professor of English has shown that he can beat scientists and engineers when it comes to external consultancy work. Since it stands to reason that Graham Caie, professor at Glasgow University's...
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Royal decree
London Guildhall University has probably never received as commanding a call to attention as the one in The Guardian last week. The university was told, along with the Home Office and the general...
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Higher kite
Thames Valley University is soaring over intellectual boundaries with a new course which can earn you five credit points towards a BA degree: "Kites and Kite Flying". What vital technique does it...
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York pins hopes on huge expansion
York University, one of the smallest "old" universities, could become one of the largest if plans are approved for a threefold increase in students. Numbers could rise from 5,000 to 16,000. The...
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Labour puts vouchers on think list
The Labour Party is to examine a voucher system for funding further and higher education, writes Tony Tysome. Think tanks set up by Labour's education team will weigh up whether vouchers would create...
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Academic sparkle
The Consumers' Association Which? report removed some of the sparkle from mineral water recently, claiming that it is overpriced and over-rated. But we can still have faith in Findlay's finest...
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Erika Strenski, an MSc student from Sheffield University
(Photograph) - Digging in: Erika Strenski, an MSc student from Sheffield University, sifts for remains of pre-historic wolves, reindeer, lemmings and bears in an unexplored cave in south Devon in a...
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Clearing house plan for law graduates
A proposed clearing house for law graduates seeking training places in barristers' chambers should help protect women applicants from sexual harrassment, the Bar Council said this week. Peter...
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CVCP seeks health and safety cash
Vice chancellors are bidding for an extra Pounds 350 million in the next public spending round to meet the rising cost of health, safety, and disabled access. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and...
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Northern board puts exam proposals
One of Britain's largest examination boards has proposed a single post-16 qualifications system, the backbone of which would be reformed A and AS exams. The Northern Examinations and Assessment Board...
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Oxford Brookes student, David Allison
(Photograph) - Fly me: Oxford Brookes student David Allison, who will represent Britain in the European Gliding Championships in Poland this July, is desperately in need of sponsorship.
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Major kicks off revival in sport
John Major has told ministers he wants to revive sport in further and higher education, possibly using National Lottery funds. A White Paper on sport, due to be published in the summer, is being...
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Oxford pair
Oxford University has announced the creation of two new colleges. Royal Charters have been awarded to Mansfield College and Templeton College, which began as the Oxford Centre for Management Studies...
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Useful NVQs
A review of the 100 most used National Vocational Qualifications, and their Scottish equivalents, was launched this week. The review will be carried out by the National Council for Vocational...
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Seeing double
Data on home, first-year mature students on higher education courses published in Hansard last week shows a doubling in full-timers from 34,700 in 1990 to 66,400 in 1992 and in part-timers from 14,...