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Wales sees part-time growth
Growth in the enrolment of full-time undergraduates at Welsh institutions has stalled, while part-time numbers continue to rise, figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales show. A...
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Call to link block grant to 5-year business plan
Universities should receive a block grant based on their individually defined missions rather than having to jump through centrally determined funding hoops, a report recommends. The report warns...
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Historian queries Scots view of industrial success
Scotland benefited enormously from its union with England in 1707, according to a controversial history that challenges academic orthodoxy, writes Olga Wojtas. Author Chris Whatley, head of Dundee...
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MPs hit out at science funding
The government's defence of its research and development expenditure is "wholly inadequate", the House of Commons science and technology committee has said. MPs reiterated their call this week for an...
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Results leave students in lurch
Scottish higher education institutions risk losing clearing students to the rest of the United Kingdom as the fallout from the Scottish Qualifications Authority's examination results debacle...
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A single public sector ombudsman could spell end for visitor
Higher education looks set to be brought under the stewardship of a new public sector ombudsman, spelling the end for the archaic and largely discredited visitor system, writes Phil Baty. An...
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No more second-guessing, as sector prepares for revised curriculum
The countdown to the launch of Curriculum 2000 is almost complete, but is Britain's education system really geared up for the changes it will bring? It was only a few months ago that schools and...
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Help with that tricky choice
Pupils have more performance tables than ever to aid them. What does this mean for universities? Claire Sanders reports Last September, just as staff were returning for the new academic year and...
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Information on colleges, courses and men
For the first time, last autumn the Higher Education Funding Council for England produced performance indicators for all 175 publicly funded higher education institutions in the United Kingdom. The...
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Arms gift fuels ethics debate
Cambridge University has been accused of suppressing debate over its controversial plan to accept a Pounds 750,000 gift from arms manufacturer GKN. Cambridge's council put forward a formal proposal...
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Complaints claim jeopardises UHI project
The University of the Highlands and Islands project was this week desperate to reassure ministers about its progress as it braced itself for a report into alleged complaints about chief executive...
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Derby bites back at QAA report
Derby University's vice-chancellor, Roger Waterhouse, has hit back at quality watchdogs who have criticised the university's management of a franchise operation in Israel. The vice-chancellor's...
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QAA audit of Derby's Israeli operations
It has emerged that a routine QAA audit of Derby's Israeli operations two years ago failed to spot any of the problems confirmed by the agency in last week's report, writes Phil Baty. Last Friday's...
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Wales to consider funds plan
Welsh universities have been asked to consider wide-ranging changes in the way their research is funded, writes Tony Tysome. Proposals from funding chiefs could mean tighter controls on postgraduate...