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HEFCE backtracks to test post-RAE plans

Saved on 09/05/2008

The Higher Education Funding Council for England has returned almost to square one in the detailed design of the new system to replace the research assessment exercise. Times Higher Education

HEFCE backtracks to test post-RAE plans

Universities must help prevent another Burma

Saved on 09/05/2008

Knowledge remains our most powerful defence against natural disasters. So why aren't British universities producing more geophysicists, asks Tim Radford. The Guardian

Universities must help prevent another Burma

University and school unions consider merger

Saved on 09/05/2008

Members of the UCU to raise possibility of merging with the National Union of Teachers at annual congress. The Guardian

University and school unions consider merger

Union accused of reviving academic boycott of Israel

Saved on 09/05/2008

University and College Union asks members to 'consider the moral and political implications of educational links with Israeli institutions'. The Guardian

Union accused of reviving academic boycott of Israel

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Saved on 09/05/2008

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Wendy Alexander repeats her referendum call

Saved on 08/05/2008

David Cameron has asked to the Prime Minister to clarify who speaks for the Labour Party on the issue of a referendum on Scottish indepedence.

Wendy Alexander repeats her referendum call

Tables 'restrict A-level choices'

Saved on 08/05/2008

Some independent schools are preventing children from taking exams unless they are confident they will achieve top grades, say leading head teachers. BBC News

Tables 'restrict A-level choices'

Women hardest hit by cuts to ELQ cash

Saved on 08/05/2008

Women and older people will be hardest hit by the withdrawal of �100 million in state funding for students taking second degrees, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Times Higher Education

Women hardest hit by cuts to ELQ cash

AHRC plans spark mixed response

Saved on 08/05/2008

Academics remain concerned over the Arts and Humanities Research Council's decision to slash its funding of postgraduate students despite attempts by the council to outline new strategic funding priorities. Times Higher Education

AHRC plans spark mixed response

Journals test software to catch cheats

Saved on 08/05/2008

Anti-plagiarism software similar to that used to catch cheating students is to be turned on academics by journal publishers. Times Higher Education

Journals test software to catch cheats

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