German students to learn by phone
Students in Germany will soon be able to access lectures via their mobile phones, allowing them to stay in bed and keep up with the latest knowledge. The technology was developed by Franz Lehner of...
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Grant rulings 'are skewed' claim
Academics fear the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's peer-review system is skewing grant applications, it emerged this week. The Commons science and technology select committee...
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Becks, step aside for star fellows
As their numbers grow, national teaching fellows are finding a voice and realising their worth, says Pat Leon. National teaching fellows may not command the salary nor sponsorship deals of footballer...
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Fellows' views
Lesley-Jane Eales-Reynolds (2001 winner) Director of microbiology and biomedical sciences undergraduate programmes, University of Surrey "A few months ago I'm not sure I could have said I was very...
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MPs maul ministers' blueprint
The select committee has marshalled the concerns of higher education to savage the white paper. Alan Thomson contrasts its verdict with the government's vision. Research What the white paper says ?...
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Findings: Geese flocks use egg timer
Flocks of domestic geese synchronise egg laying in the same way that women's menstrual cycles can come into sync, according to new research. Psychologist John Kent and colleagues at University...
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Big purses attract men
"Financially independent and ambitious" females seeking males on the internet for friendship and possibly more are much more popular than their "attractive and slim" rivals, according to researchers...
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Focus on history: What future for study of past?
In the first in a series on the state of academic study, Anna Fazackerley asks how the government white paper has affected history The government's preoccupation with science is jeopardising the...
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Focus on history: On the agenda: staff sentiment, struggling students, employability and national Identity
Staff morale Hannah Barker, senior lecturer in modern history at the University of Manchester "I think people feel beleaguered. They feel they have fewer resources with more students. The department...
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Focus on history: The case for popularisation
Tristram Hunt, lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and presenter of English Civil War series on BBC2 "It is enormously important for history to play a role in the media, partly because it...
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Whistleblowers: Student seeks full fee refund from Glasgow
A postgraduate student who is dissatisfied with the level of service he received on his Glasgow University course is seeking a full refund of his ?3,000 fees. Mature student Allan Strang enrolled on...
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Whistleblowers: Almost 40% fail to comply with race laws
Almost 40 per cent of universities and colleges are in breach of new race relations legislation, according to a report from the Commission for Racial Equality. The report, Towards Racial Equality,...
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Youth bias threatens economy, experts say
If higher education does not widen its perspective from a focus on a young undergraduate student body, the economy could suffer, education experts have said. The warning came at a seminar held...
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Collider requires ?2bn partner
The Large Hadron Collider, a ?1.5 billion particle accelerator, will need a ?2 billion machine to examine the discoveries it makes, the head of the European Committee on Future Accelerators will say...
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Asian studies cuts may hit anti-terrorism effort
University cutbacks have led to the loss of specialist knowledge of Asia, which is undermining diplomatic efforts to combat terrorism, say academics. A third of institutions that conduct research in...