Ministers back teaching centre
The Commonwealth this week cleared the path for the creation of a centre of excellence for teacher education at Cambridge University. The plan was endorsed at the three-yearly meeting of Commonwealth...
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Oxford rapped over Wilkie
One of the leaders of last year's academic boycott of Israel attacked Oxford University this week for meting out a "wholly disproportionate punishment" to a professor who rejected a student who had...
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Grand designs for scholarship
Over £260m of public and private cash is going into two campus revamps. The THES reports MIDDLESEX Middlesex University will close its smaller campuses and focus on three sites as part of a £100...
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QAA slated over 'hasty' verdict on foundations
Quality watchdogs have been accused of unfairly maligning foundation degrees in a "prejudicial and premature" report that criticises the quality of the government's new flagship qualification. As The...
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Big-spending nations leave UK trailing in R&D stakes
UK companies still lag behind their international competitors in research and development spending, according to the latest figures from the Department of Trade and Industry. And there are signs that...
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Sailing too close to the wind
Giant belches from the deep could have claimed the lives of many unfortunate mariners. Scientists have found that a single bubble of methane erupting from the sea-bed could swallow a ship and send it...
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'Crazy' teaching cash switch will cost science £22m, say critics
The proposals to change the way teaching is funded at English universities will cost science £22 million, according to pressure group Save British Science. The plans, developed by the Higher...
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Warning over crisis in Islamic studies
Britain must act to avert the crisis facing Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, politicians were told this week, writes Alison Goddard. Minority interests vital to the nation are inadvertently being...
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Who's the weaker sex now?
Men go to university to play hard whereas women go to study hard, so it's not surprising that males are now being outshone on campus as well as at school. Alison Goddard reports on the latest...
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Who got that job?
Nicole Harris, 26 Job advertised, THES, January 24 2003 JISC Programme Manager The Joint Information Systems Committee, based at King's College London, was seeking a programme manager for its...
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Isn't it time you signed up for an EQ test?
You may know your subject inside out, but to teach well you must engage with the student, argues Alan Mortiboys. You can get into a lot of trouble by using the word "emotions" in some academic...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Paul May Age : 39 Job : Senior lecturer, Bristol University School of Chemistry. Qualifications : BSc Chemistry (...
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Funding council accused of risking overseas recruitment
Funding council officials were accused of gambling with the international reputation of British higher education this week by confirming plans to force all higher education institutions to "wash...
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Exeter student wins £63,000
Exeter University has been ordered to pay almost £63,000 to a PhD student who abandoned his research into assisted suicides after a dispute with his departmental ethics committee over the...
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Boston in row with president-elect
The former head of Nasa is locked in a battle with the trustees of Boston University over his appointment as its president, writes Steve Farrar. Daniel Goldin, who was Nasa administrator for nine...