Biotech head leaves chair of working group
The crisis at British Biotech, the Oxford company accused of failing to tell the stock market of worrying developments with its drugs development programme, has led to chief executive Keith McCullagh...
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V-cs want inservice training funds restored
University and college heads have expressed "grave concern" over the withdrawal of teacher inservice training money from 36 institutions. They have written to ask the Teacher Training Agency to...
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Oxford institutes American centre
OXFORD University will open an American Institute for research into United States history, government and politics in a global context. Work on the Pounds 10 million building will begin in July. The...
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Northern Irish staff campaign for Yes
University staff in Northern Ireland will campaign for a Yes vote in next week's referendum on the multi-party agreement reached on Good Friday. Staff from Queen's, Belfast, University of Ulster and...
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Cornea flake
This month's prize for most picturesque title for an inaugural lecture goes to Charles McGhee, professor of ophthalmology at Dundee University, for "The cornea; window to the soul and much more than...
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Clinton cash boosts Springvale
US President Bill Clinton plans to boost Belfast's proposed Springvale "peaceline" campus with $5 million. He pledged his support in a statement announcing a multimillion dollar funding package for...
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Commonwealth association debate
A number of London-based organisations, including the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Association of Commonwealth Universities, has called an open meeting to discuss creating an Association...
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AoC puts past behind with board election
The Association of Colleges has elected a new board to break from the regime associated with former chief executive Roger Ward. In February, the board stood down after a vote of no confidence over...
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Pounds 1m a month to service loan debt
THE Department for Education and Employment will pay millions of pounds in annual subsidy charges to the company that bought the the first chunk of student loan debt, it was confirmed this week....
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Unions fight casualisation trend
MORE than 40 per cent of academic teaching and/or research staff in universities are on fixed-term contracts, according to figures published by the eight main higher education unions, which launched...
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Pay deal on the cards
Delegates to Unison's higher education service group annual conference last week voted against throwing out the current pay offer before balloting members, but in favour of preparing for strike...
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Union members ask for large wage increase
Further education college lecturers will formally submit this year's pay claim to employers today. Members of the Natfhe and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers are asking for "a substantial...
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Profits row set for court
The Association of University Teachers is considering legal action against Nottingham University because, it claims, the profit-related pay scheme fails to offer a fair deal to fixed-term employees....
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AUT 'names and shames' on equality
LEAGUE tables of institutions with a low number of women in senior posts have been published for the first time, writes Harriet Swain. The tables, drawn up by the Association of University Teachers,...
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Low pay, low gain
EACH WEEK Gwen Brymer takes home Pounds 112, from which she needs to pay for council tax, rent, food, clothes, water, gas and electricity. She has worked at the University of Surrey for 20 years and...