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* Christine Jones, chief executive of Herefordshire and Worcestershire's Chamber of Commerce and Business Link, chair of Malvern Hills Science Park and a director of the Rural Regeneration Zone, has...
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Offa loses teeth in scrap over bill
In a bid to sweeten the HE bill, universities will not be penalised for failing to widen access. Phil Baty reports The planned access regulator for higher education will have no power to penalise...
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Editor defends risqué writer
The editor of London Student , Europe's biggest-circulation student newspaper, was this week forced to defend a decision to publish a 285-word article that used the word "fu ck" 77 times. Lila Allen...
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Schwartz 'must look at access'
Universities, unions and students have reiterated concerns that proposed reforms to university admissions practices fail to address the key issue of increasing intakes of pupils from poor backgrounds...
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Next week
Trends Is bigger better? Tracking student performance through an expanding sector Also Behind bars: Alan Dershowitz on Abu GhraibDear Derrida: philosopher Simon Blackburn tries his hand at being an...
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Activists halt power transfer
Phil Baty reports from lecturers' union Natfhe's annual conference in Blackpool Natfhe activists have beaten off a proposal to give ordinary members a direct say in the running of their union....
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Call for global boycott of London Met
Phil Baty reports from lecturers' union Natfhe's annual conference in Blackpool Lecturers' leaders have declared a global academic boycott of London Metropolitan University, and are set for a series...
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Conference round-up
Right to reflection Vice-chancellors in new universities are trying to squeeze out the "self-directed time" academics need for research and scholarly activity, Natfhe delegates heard. The conference...
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Students urged to give time to charity
Undergraduates were urged this week to commit more time to voluntary work as new figures suggested that student volunteers devote only 82 hours a year to their community. Research for the charity...
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Daring D-Day sand study is unearthed
Former top-secret papers containing a geological analysis of D-Day invasion beaches have been rediscovered among Birmingham University archives. Research reports, maps, photographs and the transcript...
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Bottle of bubbly is won by our top plagiarism spotter
Congratulations go to Nigel Morris who is the winner of The Times Higher "spot the plagiarism" competition run last week. Mr Morris, a senior media production lecturer in the faculty of media and...
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Union claims victory in pay row
The Association of University Teachers is claiming a victory in its battle with Nottingham University over the institution's plans to introduce local pay bargaining for staff. The union said it would...
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Controversial college returns
A private medical college that was forced out of a business partnership with King's College London over its misleading academic claims is now holding classes at King's teaching hospital, St Thomas'....
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V-cs urge launch of e-résumé for pupils
Vice-chancellors have called for the early introduction of electronic student transcripts covering all of a sixth-former's achievements to help universities choose between the best-qualified school...
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Union: stress drives lab workers to drink
Stress at work is driving some laboratory technicians to drink, according to a union survey. Insufficient time to do jobs properly and the dilemma of juggling quantity and quality were among the main...