Philosophy wins prizes for bad prose
A 139-word sentence has won the second Bad Writing Contest, run by the journal Philosophy and Literature. The challenge is to come up with the ugliest and most stylistically awful sentence from a...
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Signature stroke
And finally Antithesis would like to wish a highly creative hello to the principal of the Wimbledon College of Art, Professor Colin Painter.
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Flexing their muscle
THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT How to reconcile flexibility and funding? On the day of the deadline for submissions to the Dearing Inquiry, Simon Midgley outlines the hopes and fears of...
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Let's get down to business, says CBI
Universities must form tighter partnerships with business, the Confederation of British Industry warned this week. Pressure from industry to improve the business acumen of graduate recruits and the...
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Quality assessor who fell asleep on the job
Excessive costs and inspector "incompetence" are two of the criticisms of teaching quality assessment exercises contained in a report released this week. The University Council of Modern Languages'...
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Other business
Oxford University is investigating alternative sites for its planned Said Business School after original proposals were rejected by dons. It is also planning a postal ballot of the 3,200 dons in the...
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Principal statement
A statement is expected today over the future of a college principal found to have discrepancies in his employment records. Duane Arnold has been on leave of absence from St Chad's College, an...
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Longer but fewer days for healthy working
Spending longer hours at work for fewer days in the week is better for your health than eight-hour shift work spread over five days, according to a study on the implications for shiftworkers of a...
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Students demand a say
STUDENTS lobbied MPs and funding chiefs this week to demand a greater say in further education policy and more cash for colleges. Theirs were among the loudest voices expressing grievances to a...
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Morale slips as professors feel strain
HARD-PRESSED professors are becoming demoralised as workloads increase and pay declines, according to a new survey. The National Conference of University Professors found that 91 per cent of the 150...
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Teaching formula to await Sir Ron
THE INTRODUCTION of a new funding system for teaching in English higher education has been set back a year. Funding council chiefs say most institutions would prefer to delay wide-ranging changes...
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Leeds savings plan set to axe 100 jobs
UNIVERSITIES facing severe budget cuts have been forced to shuffle academic administration in a bid to save cash, writes Harriet Swain. Leeds University, which expects to lose more than 100 staff...
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Top up fees under attack
RAYMOND Robertson, Scottish Office minister for education, has condemned top-up fees as deplorable, but has acknowledged that universities are entitled to introduce them. In a House of Commons debate...
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Students are paying more than Pounds 170 million
Students are paying more than Pounds 170 million in hidden course costs, according to a survey by the National Union of Students. The survey shows that the average undergraduate pays out more than...
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Principal accused of working in pub
GOVERNORS at a further education college are investigating allegations that the principal has spent his sick leave helping out in a pub. Neil Preston, who earns Pounds 90,000 a year, took sick leave...