Rethink on Scots RAE funding
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council will hold a special meeting on January 11 to draw up its funding advice to ministers. But there is speculation that there will be no final decision until...
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Bradford may lose its 5* department
Bradford University's first 5* in the research assessment exercise has been awarded to a department that is facing the axe, writes Alison Utley. The department of European studies has been struggling...
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Cash forecast causes alarm
English universities and colleges will almost break even next year but only by further increasing student-to-staff ratios, according to financial forecasts published this week. The sector as a whole...
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DoH chief: we've met our cancer challenge
Government spending on cancer research is nearing, and may have exceeded, that of charities. Sir John Pattison, director of research, analysis and information at the Department of Health and former...
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Oxford staff have to wait for weighting
Oxford University's bid to award a pay rise to all its staff has been turned down by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The decision has angered trade unions. Malcolm Keight, assistant...
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Research into arts proves a lonely road
Postgraduate students carrying out research in the creative and performing arts and design (CPAD) find themselves isolated and lacking role models and precedents. A report produced by the UK Council...
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News in brief
Funding boost needed for computer science Research funding for computer science in the United Kingdom should be doubled to match that of the United States and other international competitors,...
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Book fire cover is lacking
Lecturers beware - if your university burns down, your precious collection of books may not be covered by its insurance. Staff who buy books for research and teaching themselves may find they are not...
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Minister expects progress
The latest performance indicators show varied dropout rates and social exclusivity. Alison Goddard reports on plans for more balance. Education secretary Estelle Morris is calling on funding chiefs...
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Toxic menu for marine life
Unknown quantities of microscopic plastic from discarded products are being washed up on British shores and probably ingested by marine life. While no definite hazard associated with the pollution...
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Bacteria could help find ET
Scientists have recovered clumps of petrified nanobacteria from the flanks of an extinct worm. They are believed to be the smallest fossilised lifeforms discovered. The 540 million-year-old remains...
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Consortium struggles to halt fake degree menace on net
British universities are being targeted by internet scams aiming to make money from their reputations. A businessman who was supposed to have been stopped by a High Court order from offering fake...
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NI set to reap benefit
Further and higher education in Northern Ireland are set for above-average funding increases following approval of a 4.6 per cent budget increase for the Department of Employment and Learning in 2002...
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ILA spend exceeds budget by millions
The £60 million overspend on discredited individual learning accounts is set to soar, the government admitted this week. The Department for Education and Skills said that outstanding course costs...
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Change in school year could herald admissions reform
A new university applications system could be introduced in less than five years following reforms to the school year, writes Alan Thomson. Tony Higgins, chief executive of the Universities and...