Clarke: only Labour has will for reform
We'll overhaul 14-19 education, minister tells party conference. Phil Baty reports Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, injected an element of bravado into his conference speech this week when he...
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It's my party...
Naheed Arshad-Mather is a Muslim who demonstrated against the war in Iraq. She is also a self-proclaimed socialist and an activist in a trade union that fought vociferously against top-up fees. So it...
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Old institutions fail on access targets
The binary divide between old and new universities persists in the higher education sector, official figures published this week confirm. The statistics highlight the uphill struggle facing research...
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Tax row stymies spin-off activities
University spin-off activities could grind to a halt as attempts to resolve an ongoing dispute over tax reached an impasse this week. Encouraging technology transfer and university enterprise has...
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Bid to ditch statute is panned
Lecturers' leaders have criticised Durham University over plans to abandon the "model statute" that has protected academic freedom and ensured "justice and fairness" for staff for 16 years. The...
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Lowlifes look after the family
Social commentators frequently deplore the breakdown of family bonds, but researchers have found that the humble bacterium can always count on close relatives when the going gets tough. Evolutionary...
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Bologna reforms meet resistance
As the pace of compliance with the Bologna Process of convergence of higher education systems varies across Europe, Ján Figel, the incoming Education Commissioner, has called for more involvement by...
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Kidnap victims set free by Farc
Five students and a lecturer from the National University and the University of Antioquia who were kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) have been freed. The biologists were...
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Government's budget boost fails to win over angry French scientists
François d'Aubert, the French Research Minister, has announced an extra €1 billion (£683 million) for research in 2005, in line with his Government's commitment to raise research spending by €3...
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Stars back battle on student votes
Less than five weeks before the US presidential election, a campaign is pushing for the right of students to vote in the towns where they attend school. The Student Voting Rights Campaign is a...
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Research chief set on getting new faces in Framework
The incoming European Union Research Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, has unveiled his priorities for reforming the EU's Framework Programmes on research to help his fellow Eastern Europeans profit from...
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The evidence is there, so let's make use of it
University managers need to base their ideas on experience to make informed decisions, says Paul Ramsden By the time students get to university - or very soon afterwards - we expect most of them to...
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The Scarlet Kim-pernel
The failure of higher education to make a big impact at this year's Labour Party conference is not helped by the low profile of Kim Howells, the new Higher Education Minister. Interview requests with...
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Christmas comes early for Alan
But former Higher Education Minister Alan Johnson's status in the history books looks secure. While he was getting acquainted with the fiery issue of the nation's pensions crisis, he was honoured...
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Put out to pasture
With top-up fees firmly on the statute books, and higher education issues at this year's Labour Party conference repeatedly dismissed with the line "been there done that", it is understandable that...