Caution at reversal of humanities decline
For the first time in more than eight years, the proportion of Australian students taking arts degrees has stopped falling. Latest statistics from the federal education department show that the arts...
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Trust's `open university'
The National Trust has launched a Pounds 3 million lifelong learning programme to enhance its links with higher and further education. The project, part of the trust's centenary celebrations,...
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FEFC to police itself
The Further Education Funding Council has launched its own bid to prove to the public that quangos should not be synonymous with secrecy and sleaze. Its chairman and chief executive have agreed to...
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Aberdeen's rude awakening
When James IV of Scotland applied to Pope Alexander VI to set up a university in Aberdeen, the foundation Bull the pope issued in response was enthusiastic. The proposed university's catchment area...
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Axe falls on Europe linguistsBath and Bradford universities
Euro-MPs have joined the battle to save two internationally-acclaimed language courses from closure because of Government cuts in student support. England's only postgraduate combined translation and...
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Floor show
(Photograph) - Floor show: Margaret Peart, a former art teacher at her one-woman show at the City Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent until the end of March. She teaches...
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Pounds 67m science cash for priorities
The Office of Science and Technology has earmarked Pounds 67 million, 5 per cent of the total science budget of Pounds 1,282 million, to "priority initiatives" including collaboration between...
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New trusts down to a trickle
The rate at which grant-making trusts are set up has slowed dramatically over the past few years following a 20 per cent drop in the 1980s, according to the Charities Aid Foundation. For the past...
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Law teachers `too specialised'
Law teachers in universities and colleges need more professional development training to deliver the broader curriculum recommended by the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education,...
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Cantona clash linked to football racism
The storm that has blown up over the clash between Manchester United's French soccer star Eric Cantona and a supporter may be a reflection of nationalistic tensions among football followers,...
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Ministry probes cost of hip surgery
The Department of Health has awarded Pounds 250,000 to medical researchers at Leicester University to carry out a two-year investigation into the popular but costly hip replacement operation. Around...
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Crime victims biting back
Recorded crime in Huddersfield is down 30 per cent after the first three months of a Manchester University project aimed at preventing repeat victimisation. And the lessons learned may allow crime...
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Rise of a SuperTEC
The break-up of the bankrupt South Thames Training and Enterprise Council has prompted a restructuring of TECs that could lead to the creation of a super-TEC for London. Employment minister James...
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Robot built to lend a hand in knee operation
Mechanical engineers at Imperial College are developing a robot that promises to help surgeons lessen their reliance on an array of jigs and fixtures and achieve greater accuracy when carrying out...
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College closures floated in Ulster
Ulster's further education colleges - already reduced from 24 to 17 after a series of mergers - should be cut again, a report from the province's economic council has urged. The report on Northern...