Student exodus hurts local jobs
Northern Ireland could gain 3,000 jobs if it keeps just half of the university students who now study outside the province, according to a study by an Ulster University professor. A report by Wallace...
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Here for the beer
(Photograph) - Here for the beer: Geoff Palmer of Heriot-Watt University's international centre for brewing and distilling pours a drink for Zhang Wensheng (left) and Chen Li Juan, Chinese brewers on...
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FEFC chair: we must be open
The new chairman of the Further Education Funding Council expects "early action from the government on the issue of governance", writes Phil Baty. Lord Bryan Davies said: "I expect more local...
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Funds delivery harms teaching
Teaching and learning in further education is being damaged not just by funding cuts, but also by the way the money is delivered, according to research to be submitted to the House of Commons select...
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Push for sixth form, college cash equity
Pressure to close the funding gap between school sixth forms and colleges increased this week as lobbyists decided their best hope may be to force amendments to the Teaching and Higher Education Bill...
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Leeway for Scots on tuition fee collection
THE SCOTTISH Higher Education Funding Council is limiting cuts in next year's standard units of teaching funding to 2 per cent in real terms in a bid to help institutions cope with impending changes...
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Awards chief puts jon on the line
KEN MACRAE, chief executive of the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, this week told the House of Commons select committee on Scottish affairs that he would consider resigning if last year's grants...
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Dunstable college gets into bed with Herts
THE first full merger between a university and a further education college has been approved by the Further Education Funding Council's eastern regional committee. The national reorganisation...
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University to take over Catholic training
GLASGOW University and St Andrew's College, Scotland's only Roman Catholic teacher education college, agreed this week to submit merger proposals to Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar. They propose that...
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AoC board refuses to stand down over Ward
THE BOARD of the Association of Colleges is standing firm in the face of calls from more than 150 principals for it to stand down after the unresolved Roger Ward affair. Chairman Jim Scrimshaw said...
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Malcolm Dando
Malcolm Dando, professor of Peace Studies at Bradford, has been awarded Pounds 75,850 by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust to work on strengthening the current international agreement on the control...
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Joining bonuses boost graduate prospects
JOB prospects for graduates are the best this decade, according to research from pay analyst Incomes Data Services. Large employers intend to increase graduate recruitment by 17 per cent this year,...
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Student takes Cambridge to High Court
A student is taking Cambridge University to the High Court to challenge its "old boys" disciplinary procedures. Kamran Beg, 26, was found guilty at a university tribunal of plagiarism and not awarded...
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THES survey of vice chancellors' pay
The THES survey of vice chancellors' pay (February 6) contained three errors and one omission. Geoffrey Copland, vice chancellor and rector of the University of Westminster, did not receive a pay...
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Lordly poker players sit it out
THE House of Lords could still strike down a fundamental element in the Teaching and Higher Education Bill. The opposition parties believe they may have the votes necessary to remove Clause 18, the...