Gilbert joins skills body
Manchester University's vice-chancellor will represent higher education on the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills. Alan Gilbert joins 19 business and trade union leaders on the commission,...
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Media academy launch
A network of designated "media academies" was launched last week to encourage colleges and universities to work with industry. The network of 17 academies was devised by Skillset - the UK Sector...
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Nottingham honoured
Nottingham University has won an award at the 2007 Cathay Pacific Business Awards, which honour UK business dynamism and achievement in China. Nottingham was selected from a range of sectors for its...
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Top women sought
The UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) is seeking nominations of outstanding women in the field whose success will inspire others. The UKRC launched its Women...
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Peep's diary
Oh come, all ye cheesed-off What better to put members of the Scottish Parliament in festive mood than having carol singers gather outside their £414 million home? But their seasonal cheer would have...
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There's no added value in sales talk
'Student-centred' policies that see academic study as a mere commercial contract cheat both pupil and scholar, says Frank Furedi. Higher education managers and policymakers habitually use a student-...
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Be aware of the pitfalls and metrics could work
Bahram Bekhradnia cautiously welcomes Hefce's plans to replace the RAE with citation analysis for the sciences. The Higher Education Funding Council for England's latest proposals to replace the...
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Iain Macleod? Who he? Give us Denis Healey
Philip Cowley is astounded and embarrassed by what the results of a survey of politics academics reveal. "That's ludicrous," spluttered the man sat next to me as the results were announced. "...
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World Encompassed
PHD COURSES PROVIDE 'POOR' CAREER TRAINING Social sciences PhD courses are "inadequate" at preparing students for careers both in and outside academe, a new paper argues. Courses should introduce...
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Who got that cash?
Twelve projects are to share £3 million in new grants to support research into improving the quality of life of the elderly. The New Dynamics of Ageing Programme (NDA), an interdisciplinary...
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When it's a question of sport, one man has the answers
Profile: Simon Chadwick Professor of Sport Business Strategy, Coventry University. Few scholars can say that an encounter with the North Korean football team, at the age of two, set them on the path...
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Lords enter the fray on second degrees
Pressure was mounting on the Government this week to reconsider the £100 million cut in funding for students studying for second degrees as an influential committee of MPs announced an inquiry into...
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Wales saved from £14m funding hole
Wales would have lost almost a quarter of its research funding if the UK's devolved nations had been competing equally in the last research assessment exercise, according to two Dundee University...
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'Sad day for physics' as funding is decimated
Budget cuts will mean cancellation of projects and 'significant loss of staff' in Scotland. Melanie Newman reports. The Science and Technology Facilities Council confirmed a package of funding cuts...
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Major fillip for research
The Government is to channel £1.3 billion into four research areas that it thinks represent the biggest challenges facing the nation, writes Melanie Newman. The investment in researching climate...