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Melody Mellor meets the microbiology lecturer who will stoop to anything in an effort to engage his overworked students. Third-year medical students have it tough. Only a few days after the...
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Why tests are not as simple as a, b or c
Students are discovering that multiple-choice questions miss the mark. Richard Burton and David Miller explain why. Ever-larger classes mean that Dr McQue is increasingly dependent on multiple-choice...
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College dean under fire
Staff and students at the London College of Printing have accused media school dean Sally Feldman of mismanagement and bullying in a row over academic freedom and dumbing down. Lecturers' union...
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Minister makes staffing a priority
Academic staff recruitment and retention are top priorities for education ministers bidding for more cash in the comprehensive spending review. Higher education minister Baroness Blackstone assured...
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50 per cent participation in higher education
The government has given itself ten years to achieve 50 per cent participation in higher education. This is the first time it has put a timescale on prime minister Tony Blair's Labour Party...
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Universities and the private sector
Universities should extend links with the private sector, particularly in offering degrees via the web, Baroness Blackstone also said. She cited the success of the London School of Economics, which...
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Cubie members ready to act
Members of the Cubie committee may mobilise soon to urge the Scottish Parliament to implement their report in full. This contrasts with the muted response from Andrew Cubie. He said the committee's...
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French loses in funding round
Linguists have hit out at a decision that means French will receive proportionally less money from the funding council than any other modern language. Funding chiefs announced this week that...
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Cambridge bars outsiders
Students and dons have closed ranks against proposals to allow outsiders with real-world experience on to Cambridge University's executive council. One angry academic said the plan would destroy...
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Demand for code of ethical practice in UK sciences
Ungentlemanly behaviour among researchers in the United Kingdom should be taken more seriously as an act of scientific misconduct, according to a leading academic. Instances of the theft of ideas by...
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Neurologist patents 'idea'
Neurologist Susan Greenfield has defended her action in patenting "an idea" that a fragment of a naturally occurring brain molecule could hold the key to treating Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases...
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Beijing
Some Beijing universities will soon be allowed to commercialise dormitory development and management, taking dormitory buildings completely out of university and college control. Last year, the...
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Beirut's American campus pins hopes on new tower
BEIRUT The College Hall bell tower at the American University of Beirut was a landmark for the city for almost 120 years, until a bomb blew the building apart in November 1991. Throughout Lebanon's...
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Havana
The University of St Thomas from St Paul, Minnesota, beat the University of Havana 7-0 in the first game between a US college baseball team and a Cuban university in Cuba since a visit by Johns...
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Deadlock continues over siting of X-ray source
Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers was this week frantically attempting to find a means of ending the impasse over the siting of the United Kingdom's new synchrotron source. The Pounds 550...