Driving innovation
Bus passengers can now look forward to safer journeys thanks to the world's first psychometric risk-assessment scheme for bus drivers. The test and Bus Driver Risk Index, launched by DriverMetrics, a...
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UK HE Europe Unit
The UK HE Europe Unit's website is at www.europeunit.ac.uk. The unit raises awareness of Bologna reforms and European developments in higher education, and lobbies decision-makers on behalf of UK...
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Publisher launches inquiry into allegation of academic copying
Moment of deja vu leads to complaint over 'familiar' text in D. H. Lawrence critique, reports Phil Baty. A Cambridge English don is facing allegations of possible plagiarism after similarities were...
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Vague policies derail effort to rein in student cheats
Many staff are unsure of plagiarism policy and what punishment should be invoked, writes Chloe Stothart The majority of universities are undermining their efforts to combat cheating among students...
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Scholars mull public worth of intellectuals
The role of the public intellectual is a hot topic at present, according to a debate at this week's British Sociological Association conference at the University of East London. Yet academics seem...
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Shortage of bodies bodes ill for medicine
Junior doctors' failure to bone up on anatomy is prompting concern, but some medical schools are pioneering alternative ways to teach the subject, says Melanie Newman. There are medical students...
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On course for collision
Science computing in the UK will be boosted by a further ?30 million in research council funding for the UK's largest scientific Grid. The Grid will analyse data from the Large Hadron Collider, a new...
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New cancer chief
Cancer Research UK has appointed world-leading cancer researcher Sir David Lane FRS its first chief scientist. Professor Lane discovered p53, a protein that plays a central role in preventing cancer...
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Divine exhibits
A collection of modern religious icons from Eastern Europe is on show at the Cambridge University Church until the end of May. The Balkan Icons Exhibition features 70 religious paintings by 20...
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Principal appointment
Gavin Henderson CBE has been confirmed as the new principal of the Central School of Speech and Drama. He takes over in September, replacing Gary Crossley.
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Spin-off partners
Loughborough University has formed a ten-year strategic partnership with IPSO Ventures, a business specialising in the commercialisation of intellectual property. Under the terms of the agreement,...
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Forensic contribution
A forensic scientist who has worked on many high-profile murder cases with police forces worldwide and advised on feature films and television series, including Waking the Dead , has joined the...
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Company values
The Russell Group, the lobby group for some of the UK's biggest and oldest universities, has established itself as a company. The move is seen as part of a drive by the group to provide a stronger...
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Musical chair
Francis Pott has been appointed Thames Valley University's first professor of composition. The introduction of the post, which confers on its recipient a personal chair within the university's music...
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US loses out to rivals as graduate numbers fall
The US higher education system has long been viewed as one of the best in the world, but is the American dream turning sour? Jon Marcus reports. It's spring, when hopeful young applicants all over...