Engineers rethink pre-entry structure
The Engineering Council's wide-ranging proposals to revamp the educational preparation for engineers focus on new standards of professional competence and commitment. A feature of the proposals is...
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HEFCE cuts two off risk list
Two universities are due to come off the Higher Education Funding Council for England's at-risk list this week, a House of Commons committee has been told. Graeme Davies, chief executive of HEFCE,...
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Firm friends
The Confederation of British Industry this week claimed that UK companies are benefitting from closer links with universities. Director-general Howard Davies identified four areas where British...
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Middlesex grants
Middlesex University is to provide grants to staff and students wanting to carry out projects involving the local community. Possible projects could involve helping the local economy, increasing...
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Fraud crackdown
The Department for Education is providing Pounds 120,000 to help the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service to fight student fraud. Some of the money will be spent on improved computer software...
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Warwick Pounds 40m deal
Science minister David Hunt this week announced a Pounds 40 million link-up between the University of Warwick and design and manufacturing firm Computervision. The research and education...
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Business booms
Almost 40 per cent of students taking higher education courses in Scottish further education colleges were studying business and management, according to the latest Scottish Office statistical...
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Funding deadline
Funding allocations for 1995/96 moved a stage closer to completion this week as the Higher Education Funding Council for England held the second of its three annual allocation meetings.
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Scientists call for genetic freeze
Commercial interests are preventing geneticists from warning the public of the dangers of genetically engineered organisms, a group of scientists has warned. They have appealed to scientists to sign...
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Poster campaign warns against plagiarism
A thousand posters warning students against the temptation of plagiarism are going up around Wolverhampton University after it launched a major publicity campaign. Appeals officer Sharan Hasluck said...
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Quake squad flies to Japan
A team of scientists gathered from leading European earthquake research centres is flying to Japan tomorrow to make a detailed study of the damage caused by the earthquake that has devastated the...
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Structural Upheaval
The Engineering Council wants universities to expand the provision of accredited courses for incorporated engineers, the level immediately below chartered engineer status. In a wide-ranging document...
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Auditor eyes loans company
The National Audit Office is planning a fresh inquiry into the Student Loans Company, which is expected to report by mid-July. It also investigated the SLC in 1993. Sir Eric Ash, acting chief...
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Net response
In the first six days of The THES Internet Service more than 2,000 connections were made. This includes institutions where there are many users as well as individuals. Between them these users made...
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Coup d'oeil
(Photograph) - Coup d'oeil: Twelve artists from diverse cultural traditions are exhibiting at Nottingham Trent University's Bonington Gallery until January 28. The theme of cultural heritage ranges...