South Bank makes lecturers redundant
One seventh of all full-time academic posts at London's South Bank University are to be axed, including the first compulsory redundancies to hit the university sector. Almost half of the 84 axed...
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Garrick's lead role
Sir Ron Garrick, chief executive of the Weir Group, is to chair the committee investigating Scottish higher education as part of Sir Ron Dearing's committee of inquiry. There is growing impatience in...
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Franchise row rages at Swansea
A fierce battle over the standard of overseas franchise courses is being fought between senior managers and quality assurance officials at Swansea Institute of 糖心Vlog. Senior managers at...
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Still a few more problems to solve
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS T1-92 CALCULATOR Pounds 199.99 including VAT The Texas Instruments TI-92 is a lightweight (620g) powerful calculator. The word "calculator" hardly does it justice, as it can plot...
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Lesbian affair leads to lawsuit
Forty-year-old divorced mother Dale Gray is just another vulnerable student, says her lawyer. But according to the University of Alabama, it acted properly to protect her interests in a campus sexual...
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How exams reflect life
It seems to be agreed that traditional exams, whatever their failings, are at least one of the more objective forms of assessment (THES, June 7). Much criticism is based on the idea that they are "...
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Equipment grant safe
Kam Patel's report (THES, June 7) raised several important issues about the difficulties of investing in research equipment. However, I was surprised to read the comments attributed to Mike Hunter of...
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The industrial evolution
Can Darwinism be applied to technological innovation? John Ziman examines the analogy between biological and cultural evolution. Go to a technology museum, and look at the bicycles. Then go to a...
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Unions reject 1.5%
The two biggest lecturers' unions were on a collision course with their employers this week following the rejection of a "lamentable" pay offer and "sweatshop" industrial relations strategy. The...
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Glasgow leads brain gain
Glasgow University is at the hub of a new international consortium which aims to advance understanding of brain injury and its treatment. Head injury is a major cause of death of young adults in...
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Clinton pushes tax break
President Bill Clinton has placed higher education firmly on to the election agenda in the United States with his proposal for a tax break that would effectively provide two years of free or cut-...
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Time called on Bar arguments
As the Bar Council proposes reforms in barristers' training, two legal eagles respond to Nigel Savage's criticisms of the Lord Chancellor's committee. As an official of one of the two authorised...
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Ill-fitting genes
The idea of a genetic blueprint that makes humans a simple matter of biological cause and social effect makes Richard Lewontin see red. To be called "the most brilliant scientist I know" by none...
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3,000 jobs to go
Three thousand jobs will go in English universities following last year's Budget settlement, according to research by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. This news came as the Higher...
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Shephard admits skills shortage
Education Secretary Gillian Shephard this week admitted that the country's workforce is "lagging behind" international competitors in terms of basic skills of literacy and numeracy. Labour's...