Human remains code is unworkable, say scientists
Leading academics warned this week that plans to introduce tough regulations governing the use of human remains could seriously damage research. The final report of the human remains working group,...
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US deal bias for English
Scottish and Welsh universities are excluded from a flagship US-UK technology transfer initiative because an existing English scheme is being used to finance it. An agreement announced this week by...
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Poor hit by rocketing debt
Student debt has escalated in the past four years, hitting poor students hardest, according to a government survey published this week. Between 1998-99 and 2002-03, anticipated average debt on...
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Students opt for OU to cut costs
The rising cost of studying for a degree has been good news for the Open University, which has recruited a record number of students aged under 25 this year. No longer the refuge of middle-aged...
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'Don't seek cash, use imagination'
Scottish education minister Jim Wallace has told universities to make better use of their existing funds rather than looking for more government cash, writes Olga Wojtas. Universities Scotland called...
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English top-up fees may boost the budget north of the border
Scottish ministers believe England's proposals for top-up fees will lead to extra funds north of the border. It had been thought that top-up fees would have no bearing on Scottish funding since it...
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College fails quality test again
A Reading college has been forced to scrap its computing degrees after becoming the first institution to fail a reinspection by higher education quality watchdogs under the current subject review...
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Non-cheats fall into net
Muddled thinking by academics has exposed "conscientious, hard-working and law-abiding" students to accusations of cheating, according to a plagiarism expert. Educational developer Peter Levin says...
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Sussex students consider NUS split
Students at the University of Sussex have begun moves to break away from the National Union of Students after a close vote at their annual general meeting last week. The students will now hold a...
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Viva guide advises the orally challenged
Postgraduates! Want to fail your viva? Then be defensive, get angry, throw questions back to examiners, show reluctance to engage in debate about your work or fail to pick up on examiners' cues to...
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Secret life of serial hoaxer
The amateur antiquarian whom many blame for the Piltdown man forgery has been exposed as a serial hoaxer whose creations fooled palaeontologists, archaeologists, geologists, naturalists and...
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St Hilda's to vote again
For the second time this year, Oxford University's last remaining women-only college, St Hilda's, will vote on whether to admit men. A statement by the college governing body says: "The governing...
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Story leak 'inaccurate'
Dame Judith Mayhew, provost of King's College, Cambridge, has rejected claims that bursar Roger Salmon was suspended last week because of the college's financial position. She told The THES that much...
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Scoping group set up
Consultants are to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the degree classifications system and the new student transcripts that might replace it. A "scoping group", set up to consider possible...
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NI minister unlikely
Northern Ireland is unlikely to regain its higher and further education minister despite elections next week. The Stormont Assembly will probably not be recalled in the short term, even after voters...