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Open University closes US operation The United States Open University is being shut after failing to recruit enough students. It will close at the end of June. OU staff seconded to the USOU will...
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Amended proposed decisions concerning the specific programmes implementing the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community and Euratom
Brussels, 01 February 2002 Amended proposals for COUNCIL DECISIONS concerning the specific programmes implementing the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 of the European Community for research,...
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A Framework Cooperation Agreement between ESA and Brazil is signed (agreements with Poland and India renewed)
Paris, 01 February 2002 ESA on the world stage - international agreements with Brazil, Poland and India The year has got off to a busy start in terms of international relations, with a number of key...
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APPOINMENTS Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London Conrad Atkinson has been appointed distinguished visiting professor to the institute, the first practising artist to be invited...
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For the record
AUT decries stealth introduction of PRP The Association of University Teachers has vowed to fight the back-door introduction of performance-related pay amid concerns that national pay bargaining...
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Next week
News V-c money: exclusive THES league table of vice-chancellors' pay. Features Tim Birkhead and David Buss assess the science behind that St. Valentine Plus : Fred Inglis examines the legacy of...
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NHSU chief outlines future vision
The National Health Service University may eventually provide courses for patients as well as staff, the incoming chief executive Bob Fryer said this week. "In a patient-centred NHS, courses for...
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Screws get on with cons in TV experiment
The BBC's follow-up to the notorious Stanford prison experiment ended early with fraternisation between guards and inmates rather than the disturbing violence of the original research. There had been...
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Vulnerable may get extra cash
The government's review of undergraduate support may recommend means-tested, non-repayable grants and fee waivers for part-time, mature and disabled students. The review is expected to conclude that...
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Access chill sets in for DFES
The education department's top civil servant has admitted that the government has "a mountain to climb" to reach its 50 per cent participation target and has warned that it will be "even more...
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Foreign audits under threat
Staff shortages may force the Quality Assurance Agency to stop auditing overseas operations, a move that could undermine Britain in the global higher education market. Acting QAA chief executive...
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Should Goma be moved wholesale?
Scientists are considering an innovative assessment of the hazards posed by Mount Nyiragongo, the Congolese volcano that has devastated the regional capital of Goma. Expert opinion may determine the...
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AUT rep summons visitor to thrifty Birmingham
The leader of Birmingham University's academics' union has petitioned the visitor to determine whether new vice-chancellor Michael Sterling has set up a redundancy committee illegally. William...
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Debt grows ever bigger and even more painful
A survey of students shows no overwhelming desire for change in the support system, even though many find it a constant struggle to manage finances as debt rises higher. Claire Sanders reports....
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Centre named after Iris
A leading dementia expert has praised the film Iris for "raising the level of debate and discussion" about the disease. The film, about the life of academic philosopher and novelist Dame Iris Murdoch...