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Lancaster institute to close
Lancaster University¡¯s senate has voted to discontinue the Institute for English Language Education. A spokeswoman said some of the institute¡¯s work would be transferred to the department of linguistics and a review group would decide the future of the 14 staff.

St Andrews sued over rape claim
Former St Andrews University student Erin McLean is to bring a ?100,000 action against the university in October claiming that she was gang-raped during an exchange trip to Odessa, Ukraine, in 1996.

Sculpture of poet laureate unveiled
A monumental wooden sculpture of poet laureate Andrew Motion, professor of creative writing at the University of East Anglia, was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery today.