Graduate pay surveyed
A new survey on graduate salaries is to be introduced. From January 15 2004, a "destinations of higher education leavers" questionnaire will replace the "first destinations survey". It will gather...
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AUT calls for boycott
Union leaders this week called on academics to boycott Birmingham University's ceremony to install its new chancellor, Sir Dominic Cadbury. The Association of University Teachers is protesting...
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UU claims e-status
Ulster University says statistics from the International Centre for Distance Learning show that it leads the UK in online masters degrees only a year after launching its virtual campus, Campus One....
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DataGrid taken for spin
About 30 researchers across the country have this week been road-testing the revolutionary European DataGrid (EDG). They hope to become missionaries for its use in their home institutions. The...
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UK aids Burma students
Four UK institutions are offering courses in nation building to exiled Burmese students who are committed to democratising Burma and who are prepared to return home to rebuild the country. The London...
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Integrity in question as medical journal editors claim pressure from above
Many medical journal editors are put under pressure to alter editorial content by the associations that employ them, a survey has found. The authors of the study warn that whenever editorial freedom...
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Surrey's contract staff win security
Surrey University is to make 70 of its 350 contract research staff permanent from January. All staff at grade RA2 and above who have more than six months to run on their contracts will be eligible....
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Work is bad for your ethics
Business studies students have shown an alarming tendency to abandon ethical awareness after exposure to the workplace and need earlier training in ethics, a researcher has warned. A study conducted...
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Loughborough gas site buy fuels job hopes
Loughborough University has bought a 163-acre site adjoining its campus from gas company Advantica in a project that could create hundreds of jobs. It plans to use the existing hi-spec buildings to...
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Findings: Downsizing in adversity
It was the most catastrophic episode in our planet's history and came close to wiping out all complex life. Now it seems that even the survivors of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction carried its...
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Findings: A hole lot of horse power
A horse's leg bone is providing the inspiration for a new generation of synthetic materials. Analysis of the microstructure of the animal's third metacarpus has revealed a way to strengthen weak...
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Course specs are 'buried', says NUS
Student leaders have accused universities of reneging on commitments to be more accountable for the quality of their courses and lecturers because they fear an explosion of litigation. The National...
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PhD wars warning as ageing dons quit
The world's universities face a "global manpower war" as they compete for a shrinking pool of graduates with doctorates to replace retiring faculty, according to Michael Gibbons, secretary general of...
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Restrictions fail to curb desire to study in US
The number of international students in the US has increased 6 per cent this year in spite of terrorism, visa restrictions and the economic downturn, to the surprise of university officials. The...
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Pristina boycott call
Student leaders at the University of Pristina have called for a boycott of classes following a decision by Kosovo's ministry of education to raise tuition fees by what they describe as an "appalling...