Agriculture college principal to leave
A college principal suspended six months ago is to leave his college following complaints about his "aggressive" management style. Barry Gimbert, aged 48, of Cannington Agricultural College,...
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Scientists patently poor at capitalising on new ideas
A decade of Government policy aimed at helping university scientists to become more adept at commercial exploitation of their work has failed to improve their knowledge and expertise in the use of...
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Certificate offer does not pay
There is no money to be made by former polytechnics selling university-style certificates to their alumni, the pioneers of the scheme have concluded. Middlesex invested Pounds 35,000 in setting up...
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Sheffield gets double honours
The two most senior post-holders at Sheffield Hallam University emerged with honours in the Queen's Birthday list, which saw a host of awards for services to further and higher education. Sheffield...
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Scots institutions under threat
Higher education funding pressures are now so severe that some Scottish institutions may not survive, the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals has warned. In its submission to this year'...
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Oxbridge dominates Warwick fellowships
A third of Warwick University's new research fellowships have been given to rising stars at Oxford and Cambridge. Warwick, which launched its ambitious Pounds 10 million research fellowship...
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College evicts theatre company
At the end of next month the Soho Theatre Company will make a final exit from London's Cockpit Theatre, its home for the past four years, after a bitter row with landlords The City of Westminster...
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Safety blame set to get personal
A Health and Safety Executive crackdown on safety in universities will aim at pinning responsibility on individuals, the HSE said last week. The executive is visiting all universities over the next...
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Government passes research costs buck
A House of Lords call for the Government to thrash out with universities a method of ensuring that institutions recover the full cost of taking on research work from Government departments has been...
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Call for chemistry shake-up
Many chemistry departments cannot survive in their present form, says a report by the Royal Society of Chemistry. There are too many undergraduate places; insufficient money to keep up the research...
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Plant Poirots
Green fingers are trotting after light fingers at the Scottish Agricultural College's horticulture department, which has branched into detective work. It is pursuing the case of the missing narcissi...
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Judgement day
The University of Cambridge's Latinists were at full stretch last week for the university's new batch of honorary degrees (see page 1), since the nomination speeches are performed in both English and...
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Man with no name
One person who made it to the launch but was a bit miffed was Ken Edwards, outgoing chairman of the CVCP, who is feeling a little unloved as his term of office dwindles to its final six weeks. His...
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Ill timed
The secret of a great press launch, as with comedy, is timing. No one knows this better than Barry Jackson, head of marketing at the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. Busy Barry was...
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American blues
Everything was in hand for the visit of Gillian Shephard to Wolverhampton University on Tuesday. But the frantic activity came to nought when she pulled out at the 11th hour. That meant all the...