In the news: Peter Gregson
Peter Gregson, the 46-year-old deputy vice-chancellor of Southampton University, will be the next vice-chancellor of Queen's University Belfast. He will succeed Sir George Bain, vice-chancellor since...
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Appointments
Geoff Hall , former director of learning programmes at the Learning and Skills Council, has been appointed principal and chief executive of New College Nottingham. The University of Oxford has...
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Last-ditch bid to win over rebels
University vice-chancellors are engaged in a desperate battle to get the higher education bill through a "knife-edge" vote at its second reading. Universities UK is demanding unity from all member...
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Top-ups 'threaten science'
Science deans this week warned Charles Clarke, the education secretary, that allowing popular non-science degrees to charge lower fees than unpopular science courses could cause irreversible damage....
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Ex-para jumps into fee debate
A former paratrooper who went from hating science at school to becoming a lecturer in quantum chemical dynamics says he would not have gone to university if top-up fees were in place. Keith Hughes,...
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Next week
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Welsh MPs stand firm
Most Welsh Labour MPs are likely to vote against the higher education bill and will resist being "bought off" by the offer of devolved powers for Wales over student support, a leading rebel has...
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GCSE grades still rising
The percentage of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C has climbed 1.3 per cent to 52.9 per cent, David Miliband, schools minister, said this week. In specialist schools 56.7 per cent...
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Chevening Iraqis arrive
The first Iraqis to study at British universities under the prestigious Chevening scholarship scheme since 1993 arrived in the UK this week to pursue specialist training in oil industry-related...
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Robo-don's debut
A robot scientist that formulates theories, devises experiments and interprets results has been built by British academics. Ross King, professor of computer science at the University of Wales,...
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Correction
A graph in last week's THES suggesting that 60 per cent of Scottish higher education was delivered in the further education sector was inaccurate. On a headcount basis, 23.5 per cent of HE students...
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Tories stand by pledge to scrap top-ups
The Conservatives will adhere to a pledge to abolish top-up fees despite promising a review of their higher education policy. In an interview with The THES , Tim Yeo, the shadow health and education...
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The wider scope of the proposals
The higher education bill laid before Parliament last week sets out the legislative changes needed to introduce variable tuition fees, abolish upfront fees and overhaul the system for student...
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£1bn boost if bill survives
Income to universities An analysis of the bill by the Higher Education Policy Institute (Hepi) shows that by 2008 the average level of funding received by universities per student will have increased...
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CBI chief says fees too low
Top-up fees of £3,000 are too small a contribution when graduates earn £15 billion more than non-graduates, the director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, Digby Jones, said this week...