Alzheimer's antidote
Scientists at Liverpool University have created a new chemical compound that could be developed into a drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Jerry Turnbull and Ed Yates, from the university's...
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Sydney joins global club
Sydney University has joined the Worldwide Universities Network, a group of 16 research institutions in Europe, North America and Asia. The network has established 500 research mobility awards for...
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Graduation Day, Dubai
Middlesex University's Dubai campus celebrated its first graduation ceremony this week. Eight students attended the ceremony and dinner at the Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre in Dubai on Tuesday.
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World Rankings
We regret that the institutions on which data was gathered for the 2006 World University Rankings did not include the University of East Anglia or the University of Essex. They will be included in...
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Saudi cash sparks row
Oxford's £2m deal with Prince Sultan University has raised fears of inappropriate collaboration. Phil Baty reports. Oxford University has been criticised for entering into an unprecedented academic...
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Fees killing the radical spirit, academics told
Demonstrations, occupations and boycotts were once rites of passage for undergraduates, but research suggests that tuition fees are helping to kill off a grand tradition of student radicalism,...
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What were the lessons learnt from the case of Frank Ellis - the university lecturer suspended after claiming black people were intellectually inferior to whites?
That was the question debated by higher education panellists at an event hosted last week by the University and College Union as part of Black History Month. Up for discussion were topics such as...
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Staff fear pay cuts after jobs review
Union pans Abertay evaluation that has resulted in the downgrading of a fifth of academics, Tony Tysome reports. More than a fifth of academic staff at Abertay Dundee University have been "downgraded...
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Where to take your pregnant pause...
Maternity deals range from four to 26 weeks on full pay, with wide variations in eligibility, discovers Claire Sanders. University staff who plan to start families would be well advised to choose...
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A chance to climb abroad
The spread of overseas branch campuses offers UK academics opportunities to advance. Tony Tysome reports. Opportunities for academics to enhance their CVs with overseas work are increasing as the...
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Foreign students put off by cost of living in the UK
The UK is thought to be the most expensive study destination in the world by international students living in countries identified as key emerging target markets for British institutions, a survey...
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Huge disparity in hours raises question of value
A Hepi survey of students' experiences and expectations in the UK finds wide variation in what is offered by different institutions. Anthea Lipsett reports. Huge variations in the number of hours...
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Postdocs cover for teaching shortfall
When Birmingham University research fellow Silvia Ramos began teaching three years ago, it took her up to four hours to prepare for an hour's tutorial. Now she is a course supervisor for a fourth-...
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13% misled by brochure
More than one in ten overseas students believes they have been misled by claims made in university prospectuses, the ÌÇÐÄVlog Policy Institute report found. This has rung "alarm bells" about...
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'Size shouldn't matter but the logistics are at breaking point'
Students would want any extra income generated by their fees to be used to reduce class and lecture sizes, according to the ÌÇÐÄVlog Policy Institute survey. Nearly a third of the 15,000...