NCVQ goes to market
The National Council for Vocational Qualifications has been given the go-ahead for an unprecedented Pounds 9 million NVQ marketing push over the next three years. Until now, the NCVQ, the Government...
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Cot death TV probe sparks row
Two Cambridge University researchers into cot death have complained to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Independent Television Commission about allegations in Central Television's Cook...
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Fallout
(Photograph) - Fallout: after the Chernobyl disaster, the Sakharov Institute of Radioecology was set up in Minsk, Belarus. Dmitri Lsovsky, a student at the Institute, is visiting Kingston University...
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New SEB boss may mean merger
The Scottish Office has boosted moves to merge vocational and academic education by appointing David Miller, currently chairman of the Scottish Vocational Education Council, to be chairman of the...
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Abertay jumps ship to AUT
There is confusion over the future of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union at the University of Abertay Dundee following a ballot in which members voted to join the Association of University...
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Imperial is untouchable
Research ratings of British chemical engineering departments compiled by academics in the United States show that Imperial College, London, has maintained a stranglehold on the top position for the...
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A degree of protest
(Photograph) - Carson is so incensed by the decision of Queen's University Belfast to cease playing the national anthem at future graduation ceremonies that he has returned his PhD and Master's...
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On screen scream
Computer anxiety may afflict one in five professionals and managers, the British Psychological Society was told this week. An emotional reaction towards interacting with computers may explain the...
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Following the herd
Essex University's links with Greece -- which sends it more overseas students, 328, than any other country -- have been reinforced by the appointment of a lecturer to run modern Greek courses....
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Solo cello
International cellist Lynn Harrell has left his post as principal of the Royal Academy of Music. Mr Harrell, a Canadian who was appointed as a successor to Sir David Lumsden in 1993, will devote more...
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Dundee roaming
Dundee University's centre for medical education is launching a distance learning programme which could revolutionise health care in 23 South American countries, funded by the Kellogg Foundation. The...
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John Moores gets greener
Liverpool John Moores University has adopted a comprehensive policy statement aimed at making its activities more environmentally-friendly. Less waste, more cycling and fewer parking spaces could be...
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Scottish HE libraries to stack up on cash
Scottish higher education institutions are to spend more than Pounds 33 million to improve their libraries. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is providing more than Pounds 16 million to...
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Labour attempts to heal graduate tax rift
The Labour Party's education team was preparing to take emergency action this week to patch up its divisions over proposals for a graduate tax. David Blunkett, Labour's education spokesman, is...
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Latest phase
The new year at Sunderland University will kick off with phase 2 construction of the institution's St Peter Campus. The project will result in a school of computing and information systems, an...