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Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle has demonstrated his commitment to stronger collaboration with the state university, seen by his predecessor as a hostile bloc, by appointing three professors as the...
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Quality boss mars new Labour vision
Quality chief John Randall has raised serious doubts over ministers' plans to expand higher education provision through further education colleges, claiming that quality failings are "...
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Part-timers boost figures
There were just over a quarter of a million students in higher education in Scotland in 1998-99, an increase of about 3.4 per cent over the previous year. The growth stems almost entirely from an...
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1,400 extra places for Cumbria expansion
Expansion plans drawn up jointly by Cumbria College of Art and Design, Carlisle's St Martin's College, the University of Central Lancashire, and the University of Northumbria have been boosted by...
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New crime institute in memory of Jill Dando
(Photograph) - An institute of crime science is planned at University College London in memory of Jill Dando (below), the BBC presenter who was murdered on her doorstep 11 months ago. Combining...
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Scots lecturers lobby MPs to scrap fees
n The Association of University Teachers Scotland is to ask Scottish MPs in Westminster to pressurise the government to axe tuition fees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The AUTS holds its...
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Warwick senate house occupied by protesters
More than 300 students occupied the University of Warwick's senate house this week in a protest against top-up fees. A general meeting of the student union voted to occupy the building, where the...
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Blunkett praises mentoring schemes
Student mentoring programmes should be applauded for their work in Britain's schools, according to the education and employment secretary, David Blunkett. Meeting a group of school children on a day...
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Mediator to help settle staff contracts strike
Strike action in Scotland's new-university sector has continued for a second week as management and the Educational Institute of Scotland clashed over a call for intervention by the Advisory,...
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New work permits to plug gaps in industry
DUSSELDORF The German government is planning to introduce a work-visa programme for non-EU residents, similar to the US green card, to help recruit the highly skilled workers needed in its...
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Leeds footballers in dock for student assault
Two Leeds United footballers were to appear before Leeds magistrates today in connection with a street attack on an Asian student from Leeds Metropolitan University. Lee Bowyer, 23, and Jonathan...
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Gender imbalance grows at Cambridge
The number of women in academic posts at Cambridge University has fallen in all categories in spite of initiatives to address gender imbalance. The proportion of female professors fell from 6.4 per...
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College principals prepare for revolution
College principals have joined forces with the Association of Colleges in a bid to secure the sector a dominant role in the learning and skills revolution. Nine out of ten members of the 300-strong...
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'Eat air' guru seen as threat to students
Edinburgh University's students' association is downplaying fears that students are in danger from a lecture on campus next month by controversial new-age guru Ellen Greve, who claims people can...
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Wales to spin out support for innovation
Spin Out, a programme to be launched this month in Wales, aims to encourage university staff and students to set up businesses. Funded by the Welsh Development Agency and the European Regional...