French foreign student fears
Foreign students in France experience greater problems than French students with basic needs such as housing and money, are less confident that their studies will secure them a job and are not very...
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Austria given time to defend quota
Austria has been given more time to present its arguments to the European Commission on the country's restrictions on international students at Austrian universities. The Government has until May 29...
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Powerful imperatives to redraw the cultural map
John Gilmore argues it is time to end the marginalisation a subject that is part of the history of everyone in Britain. My 11-year-old has twice studied the career of Mary Seacole at primary school....
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'Here, in a literary context, is the public versus private funding debate that resonates through the academic world'
The London Magazine has been going since 1732 and now finds itself at the centre of a contemporary funding row. The story so far: On February 23, The Times Literary Supplement reports that Arts...
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Never mind the bollocks if the job gets done
There is more to the pop star politician than just a cynical bid to sell records, argues John Street In December 1976, the Daily Mirror 's front page denounced "The filth and the fury". Nearly three...
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Share it, with passion
The UHI Millennium Institute is known for its state-of-the-art technology that allows lectures to be held across its member institutions in the Highlands and Islands. Two students were recently...
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Tongue-tied tutors
A debate about foreign students' poor command of English on Lancaster Business School's blog shows there's even more cause for alarm. Several posts by tutors feature spelling mistakes - one had three...
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Uncomfortable bedfellows
The inaugural University and College Union Scotland Congress raised alarm over claims that the Natfhe/AUT merger heralds the end of the AUT's legendary conviviality: the traditional dinner and disco...
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Footweary optimists
Perish the thought that some speakers at the UCU Scotland Congress went on for too long. Vice-president-elect Lesley McIntosh had an interesting definition of an optimist: "Someone who, when the...
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Science loves a screen test
The popularity of TV series such as Silent Witness is often cited as a good way to market scientific careers to youngsters. But it appears the concept has morphed into an altogether less helpful...
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Credible endeavour or pseudoscience?
To award a bachelor of science degree for an alternative medicine course is a failing in quality assurance, argues David Colquhoun, but Brian Isbell believes that such study helps develop valid...
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Don't be afraid, you can wing it
Academics have much to gain from talking to the public, but don't expect bird-watchers to behave like your fellow academics, warns Tim Birkhead. Reaching out to the public is something academics...
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Park omnibus for good in Clapham
As the student body becomes increasingly international, familiarity with UK popular culture cannot be assumed on courses. Curricula must instead become 'internationalised', as Harriet Swain reports....
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Baring all in pursuit of cell cultures
Name : Renata Gomes. Age : 21. Job : Medical and forensic sciences student, Bradford University. Education : I was educated in Portugal and I am now finishing my degree before starting a PhD in...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'After working as a lecturer from 1982 to 1996, then taking a few years' leave to...