Employers gain bigger voice in training
Employers are to have a greater say in education and training as part of a government-wide skills strategy to be published in the spring. Adult learning and skills minister Ivan Lewis is to hold a...
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Scots lifelong learning blueprint on hold
A blueprint for Scottish lifelong learning over the next decade has been delayed until the end of October. Alex Neil, convenor of the Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee...
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Wendy Alexander to lecture at Strathclyde
Wendy Alexander, who resigned as Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister in May, has resumed links with higher education as a visiting professor at Strathclyde Business School. Ms...
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New director of Belfast Institute appointed
William Brian Turtle, chief executive of the North Down and Ards Institute, has been named director of the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. He will replace Patrick Murphy from next...
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Blair welcomes intake to new medical school
The first intake of students at the Peninsula Medical School will receive a welcome message from prime minister Tony Blair. The pre-recorded video will be played at the opening of the school on...
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Cancer risk increases in overweight young
Researchers have found that young adults who are overweight significantly increase their risk of dying of cancer in later life. More than 10,500 students at the University of Glasgow who used the...
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Daphne Jackson Trust names its 100th fellow
The Daphne Jackson Trust has named its 100th fellow since it was set up ten years ago. Kimberley Willis, who has a PhD in chemistry from Sheffield University, was awarded the fellowship, which was...
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Winter law school gets initial trial at LSE
The London School of Economics will hold its first winter school to widen access to law for 40 students aged 16 to 17 from inner London this January. The school is being run with the Sutton Trust and...
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Ucas offers Extra to those with no place
From next year, university hopefuls who do not have a place by mid-March will be able to enter a pre-clearing system to match them to available places. The Universities and Colleges Admissions...
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Students switch off to get logged on
When St Andrews University students turn up next week, they will plug into an energy incentive scheme rewarding them with computer equipment if they cut electricity costs. The university has pledged...
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Health in good shape
The trendiest subjects were unveiled this week by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Health-related subjects saw rises of up to 12 per cent in the number of people starting degrees in...
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PPP doubts as halls plan flops
The collapse of a flagship public-private partnership that would have helped Sheffield University to raise more than £50 million by selling its student accommodation has sent shockwaves through...
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A-level surge swells campuses
This year's record A-level results have boosted enrolments at many old universities, leaving some students struggling to find places in hall. Home student numbers at the University of Kent at...
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UK news in brief
Bradford appeal fails to quash poor QAA score Bradford College has had its appeal against the worst-ever score for a subject review turned down by quality watchdogs. The Quality Assurance Agency is...
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Guarded welcome for Scottish science boost
Scotland's universities have welcomed a boost to science and research in spending plans that will see the sector's resources rise from £700 million this year to £804 million in 2005-06. But despite...