Beans means bums on seats
University managers have turned to the organisers of Comic Relief to learn the latest tricks of the marketing trade - a move that could see institutions team up with baked-bean manufacturers or beer...
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ACADEMICS ON CALL How lecturers are losing autonomy over their working day PLUS Conferences supplement Does it matter if the scientist heroes in the new movie Sunshine take liberties with science?
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Committee budget plea
The House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee warned against a reduction in the budget for basic research in its report on the Cooksey review of health research funding this week. In...
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Necessary languages
Learning a foreign language will become compulsory for 7 to 14-year-olds, Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, has announced. The move follows a recommendation made by Lord Dearing in his report on...
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Spin-off success
University business spin-off activity in the UK is healthy, according to a report from Library House. Spinning Out Quality: University Spin-out Companies in the UK reports that there are more than...
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Philosophical victory
Charles Taylor, professor of philosophy at Northwestern University, Illinois, has won this year's ?800,000 Templeton Prize for progress towards research or discoveries about spiritual realities. The...
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Said thinks big
The Said Business School at Oxford University will establish the world's first research centre for major programme management. The centre, which is supported by BT, will look at how large and complex...
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Women and lab leaders
Five universities have earned awards that recognise initiatives to improve career options and support for women in science, engineering and technology. The Athena Swan Awards were handed out this...
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Cry for help from tutor 'counsellors'
The burden of pastoral care has risen considerably in recent years and is now too great for many academics to cope with. Becky McCall reports Fascinated by life in the deep sea, Tim Miles felt that...
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'Appalling' writing skills drive tutors to seek help
Professors appeal for 'evidence-based' ideas on how to to address a growing problem. Melanie Newman reports Two professors have issued an urgent plea for help in teaching increasing numbers of...
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Age Concern takes OU to task
Age Concern has attacked the Open University over its mandatory retirement age, writes Melanie Newman. The charity this week accused the university of hypocrisy for taking on almost 5,000 students...
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Morris praises learning per se
Learning for learning's sake is one of the fundamental purposes of higher education, Estelle Morris, the former Education Secretary, said this week. Delivering the annual Drapers' Lecture at Queen...
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Low voter turnout raises questions of morale in UCU
Complicated ballot papers and disillusionment after the pay deal were blamed for poor response, reports Tony Tysome Newly elected leaders of the University and College Union are facing serious...
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Call for Council change
Oxford University academics who rejected governance reforms proposed by the vice-chancellor in December are pushing for changes of their own. John Hood, Oxford's vice-chancellor, wanted the council...
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Getting down to Q&A
Universities received an average of three freedom of information requests a month in 2006 - much the same as in 2005, according to a survey by the Joint Information Systems Committee infoNet,...