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Minister demands more for money Lifelong learning and higher education minister Margaret Hodge has set new challenges for the Learning and Skills Council and post-16 institutions, alongside a £500...
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Scottish universities demand more money The Scottish Executive was today under pressure to find extra cash after the good showing of Scottish universities in the research assessment exercise. John...
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Minority subject cleans up
THES reporters look at how RAE results have improved and put Hefce on the spot. Mineral and mining engineering tops the table for the best subject results, helped by the fact that biochemistry, which...
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Selectivity raises scores across the board
THES reporters look at how RAE results have improved and put Hefce on the spot. Fewer researchers were included in this year's research assessment exercise than in the previous one. Most institutions...
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Winners wait for final word on reward
THES reporters look at how RAE results have improved and put Hefce on the spot. Funding chiefs will decide today what to do with the results of the research assessment exercise, which they use to...
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Excluded disclose the 'painful pressures on those who are not producing'
We visited six departments before today's results were announced to find out how they were preparing for the RAE. Academics whose work has been excluded from the research assessment exercise have...
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Failure to get 5 costs £250,000
We visited six departments before today's results were announced to find out how they were preparing for the RAE. Oxford University: Geography 1996:4, 2001: 4 Staff: 36 (full-time equivalent) The...
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Fields yield reduced crop
We visited six departments before today's results were announced to find out how they were preparing for the RAE. Greenwich University: Natural Resources Institute 1996 score 4, 2001 score 3a Staff:...
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Prayers for improved score go unanswered
We visited six departments before today's results were announced to find out how they were preparing for the RAE. Leeds University: Theology 1996: 4, 2001: 4 Staff: 13 (full-time equivalent)...
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Researchers call for job security
A survey of 2,000 contract researchers has called for a "change of culture" to recognise that these staff are not largely transitory, employed for a short time before progressing to other careers,...
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Scots flag up links
Universities Scotland is spotlighting the ways in which higher education institutions work together, arguing that Scotland is the ideal size for collaboration. It has sent a brochure outlining 36...
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Boost for Spain in language market
Spain's universities and private language schools, which are already reaping the benefits of soaring global demand for Spanish-language tuition, want to increase their share of the market. Spanish is...
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Czech rectors told to raise more cash
Czech education minister Eduard Zeman has told universities to treble the amount of money they raise from independent sources to help meet demand for wider access to degree courses. Mr Zeman, whose...
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Danes aim to boost technology research
Denmark's new Liberal-Conservative government has brought universities, research activity and research policy under one ministry of science, technology and innovation. Universities, the research...
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Italy to set up ethical code for institutions
Italy's universities are preparing to adopt codes of ethics aimed at combating sexual harassment, as required by a 1991 European Union directive on workplaces. Equal opportunities committees, which...