University ushers in back door private fee
Oxford Brookes University is using a funding loophole to charge full-time undergraduate tuition fees of up to Pounds 4,700 a year for "private" courses. The move was described this week by student...
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Campus could be built on
A University for Cornwall could be built on the site of the country's last remaining tin mine, it has emerged. South Crofty mine is one of several proposed sites before the steering group for the...
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Fallout from accountancy feud spreads to exams
A bitter row between two accountancy bodies over the basis of exam exemptions will end up hurting the students most, it is being claimed, writes Bibi Berki. The Association of Accounting Technicians...
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Blackstone blesses the birth of the ILT
A fast-track membership policy and rigorous professional standards are envisaged for the new ILT, writes Alison Utley The Institute for Learning and Teaching was opened for business last week by...
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ILT hailed as cementing Scottish links with the rest of the United Kingdom
Nicol Stephen, Scotland's deputy minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has hailed the Institute for Learning and Teaching as proof of Scottish higher education's continuing bond with the...
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Open University accreditation course launched
A set of distance learning accreditation courses for higher education teachers has been launched by the Open University in anticipation of the first wave of business for the Institute for Learning...
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Warwick peerage splits CVCP
A wave of resignations could hit the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, which has been "split from top to bottom" over chief executive Diana Warwick's peerage, it emerged this week. Vice-...
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Doctors steal the limelight
Jennifer Currie reports on how the new universities' quest for fame has fuelled the rise of the honorary degree. If every honorary graduate followed the precedent set by Samuel Johnson, the world...
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Sent from Coventry
Why has senior lecturer David Hookes been selected for redundancy by Coventry University when the vice-chancellor has already met his announced targets for staff cuts? Many of his colleagues believe...
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Match of data and desire
Entrepreneur Mark Rowse tells Geoffrey Davies that content is king - and he's buying it bigtime. Academic life has traditionally not offered huge opportunities for entrepreneurs. The culture of...
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Nesta exploits and explores future of the web
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts plans to use convergent technologies to nurture the geniuses of the next generation. Nesta's triple-headed assault - by exploration,...
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Historic mission with a new attitude
The 'mechanic arts' colleges of the US are gearing up for the next century with the net, Tony Durham reports. They may have been founded to teach agriculture and the "mechanic arts", but the state...
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IT academics 'need top pay' to end a generation of skills shortages
Australia's universities face a serious loss of their IT academics to the private sector unless their salaries and resources are greatly improved, according to the Australian Computer Society. The...
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Books are the hook
ITP Business Press is encouraging lecturers to make its books required reading on their courses, with an offer of free online access to related backlist titles. Participating academics and students...
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Pole position: Annette Routledge's computer-art "Totem 1"
(Photograph) - Pole position: Annette Routledge's computer-art "Totem 1", shown at the final degree show, University of Brighton last week and now part of the Gamut exhibition curated by Sue Gollifer...