High road to HE
The largest single group of 1994/95 Scottish school-leavers, per cent, went into higher education, according to the latest Scottish Office figures. Raymond Robertson, Scottish Office minister for...
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Smithers counsels against unity
Calls from politicians, education leaders and captains of industry for a unified qualifications system should be resisted, MPs have been told. A single modular qualifications framework embracing...
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Probe of the Yule slog
Christmas can be lonely for overseas students but a new survey hopes to make it happier, Tony Tysome reports. The council for international education, UKCOSA, is planning to launch a national survey...
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Medical vocation diluted during training
A survey of new medical graduates has revealed that since they entered medical school, there has been a drop of more than 10 per cent of those with a very strong desire to study medicine. The British...
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Sussex council attacks registrar job deal
Council members at Sussex University have rebuked a committee chaired by the vice chancellor for agreeing to spend Pounds 150,000 on a house for the incoming registrar without consulting the...
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Law NVQ provides new path to legal career
The first National Vocational Qualifications for lawyers and legal staff are to be launched by the Institute of Legal Executives next year. The move has been hailed as a significant step towards...
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Antithesis
And now here is next year's news . . . JANUARY Spectacular changes in Essex University senate meetings following Ivor Crewe's appointment as vice chancellor. Peter Snow takes the chair while a panel...
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Humming art
(Photograph) - Humming art: Notting ham-based artist Irene Rogan (right) and German artist Brigitte Jurack with their work, currently on display in the "Humming" exhibition at Nottingham Trent...
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Training centre for car plant workers
The Welsh Development Agency and Ford motor company are establishing a Manufacturing Training Centre at Ford's engine plant in Bridgend South Wales. The Pounds 3.5 million centre is expected to be...
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Scientists and engineeers have more job options
Science and engineering graduates possess many of the same general skills and have as much success in finding employment as their arts colleagues, according to Arthur Lucas, principal of King's...
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Strike threat sets up national talks
A threatened industrial dispute at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen is likely to precipitate national talks on conditions of service next month. The University Lecturers' Association of the...
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Cuba to rejoin the fold
Education ministers of Spanish-speaking countries meeting in Quito, Ecuador, have accepted a membership application from Cuba to join the Andres Bello Agreement. The agreement, established 25 years...
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Sex codes for safe conduct
The problems that arise when academics exercise their power and authority in the bedroom rather than the lecture theatre has led a growing number of universities in Australia and New Zealand to...
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Coffins lift lid on logo mania
Squeezed by higher costs and lower subsidies, an increasing number of universities and colleges in the United States are raising money by overseas sales of some of their most valuable assets: their...
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English becomes passport to entry
Would-be students at Auckland University may have to prove their competence in English language before they can enrol. The university has been concerned for some time about the standard of English of...