E-learning to get £33m cash boost
E-learning in universities is to get a £33 million boost alongside the £8 million remaining from the failed UK e-University. The funding injection will be announced to vice-chancellors in a circular...
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Funding fillip for further study
Universities in England are to get £60 million extra for postgraduate training and supervision in 2005-06, allaying fears that new research-degree funding arrangements would mean financial losses for...
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Pittilo appointed
The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has appointed Michael Pittilo to succeed Bill Stevely as principal in September. Professor Pittilo, who studied biology at Strathclyde University and began...
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Part-time deterrent
Funding council chiefs admitted this week that working-class students could be "deterred" from studying part time by the 2006 tuition fee and bursary regime, but stepped back from offering more cash...
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Medication concern
One in 20 emergency admissions to hospital is due to adverse reactions to prescribed medicines, says Hugh McGavock, a prescribing science expert at Ulster University. This could stem from patients...
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Scots merger talks
Jim Wallace, Scotland's Lifelong Learning Minister, has launched consultations for merged colleges in Forth Valley and Fife. Last year, Glasgow Metropolitan College was created through the merger of...
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Forensic centre opens
Cathy Jamieson, Scotland's Justice Minister, has opened a Centre for Forensic Science at Strathclyde University, the first of its kind in the UK. It will provide educational, research and consultancy...
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Gender pay gap 'has got wider'
Female academics still lag behind male colleagues when it comes to pay, promotions and career prospects, the union representing lecturers in old universities will tell the Government's commission on...
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14-to-19 reforms defended by Kelly
A key test of the Government's proposed reform of 14-to-19 education will be whether elite universities in future offer places to students with a mix of "practical skills", work experience and A...
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Hefce burdened by requests for details
Responding to the deluge of Freedom of Information Act requests is proving a more time-consuming and costly business than expected for the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Hefce has...
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FoI Act could make external reports public
It is the bedrock of national academic standards, but universities fear that the fragile external examiner system could collapse under the glare of the Freedom of Information Act. A debate is raging...
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Luton's plan broke basic finance rules
Luton University repeatedly ignored basic financial practice during a now-abandoned undertaking to build a multimillion-pound student plaza, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act...
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London's federal future in question
The future of the University of London hangs in the balance after it came under attack from its biggest and oldest constituent college. Malcolm Grant, provost of University College London, this week...
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Sparring is one of the healthiest pursuits
When sparks fly in seminars tolerance often reigns by the final bell, says Maria Misra It is a cliché that today's students are apolitical. Confronted with an intensely competitive job market and...
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Relax? You've got to be joking
David Wilson reveals the secret of how to make the most of a sabbatical - and here's a clue, it doesn't involve putting your feet up or doing odd jobs around the house The most common reaction I get...