Gas warning
The National Union of Students has again warned all students to take immediate action after the death of two students from carbon monoxide poisoning from faulty gas appliances in Walsall last weekend...
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Brunel kingdom
West London Institute of Higher Education is to be formally incorporated into Brunel University to become Brunel University College next Wednesday. The move follows four years of negotiations and...
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Swingeing cuts attacked
John Arbuthnott, convener of the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals, has condemned the severity of continuing funding cuts north of the border. Professor Arbuthnott said the block...
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Simulated journeys to centre of the Earth
Experts on the Earth's interior met this week to battle out one of their unsolved questions: what is the temperature of the Earth's core? The answer could shed light on how the Earth formed, on...
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Job cuts spark strike threat
Lecturers at Chelmsford further education college are threatening to take industrial action over an "unfair" programme of cuts which will make about one in six teaching staff redundant but leave...
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Twenty-first century power
(Photograph) - Twenty-first century power: Bob Hill of Northumbria University and its newly solar panel-clad building, which he believes will prove that the sun can make a valuable contribution to...
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Debt and the maiden workers
The cost of getting a steady job means that graduates who get permanent work within six months of taking their degree have on average nearly Pounds 1,200 more debt than those who are still on the...
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Research cash shortfall
Oxford University is filing a complaint to the Office of Science and Technology over the research councils' handling of claims for research project costs. The university says it has lost Pounds 3...
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Governors told to be more open
Universities should model their governing machinery on the "old" universities with staff and student representation, open systems for nominating governors and all decisions except those concerning...
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Help for contract staff
Proposals for the career management of contract research staff in universities are close to being finalised by the research councils. Kenneth Edwards, chairman of the Committee of Vice Chancellors...
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Funders delay quality plan
Vice chancellors are facing further delays before they can discuss the Higher Education Funding Council for England's proposals for a single quality body. The funding council is committed to...
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Net users take fast line to new jobs
Use of The THES Internet Service increased by half as the online service, offering job advertisements, summaries of the newspaper's contents, and other resources, entered its second week. The busiest...
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Students lobby on cut
Mature students from across the country lobbied MPs at the House of Commons this week on the abolition of their special allowance in the budget. A spokesperson for the National Union of Students,...
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Scottish lead way on credit-based courses
Scotland is leading the way in quality assurance for credit-based education through its pioneering national credit accumulation and transfer scheme, SCOTCAT. The scheme's Quality Assurance Handbook,...
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There is now an opportunity to include more listings in Noticeboard and on the new Internet listings service NetGazette. The newspaper version of Noticeboard will continue to focus on the UK with the...