Lords say STEM standards slip below auditor's radar
QAA not set up to ensure universities are raising quality, analysis claims. Paul Jump reports
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More buck for UK knowledge exchange bang despite austerity
The amount of money that UK universities earn from knowledge exchange rose by 7 per cent to just over £3.3 billion between 2009-10 and 2010-11, according to a report by the Higher Education Funding...
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1994? That's so last century
Body aims to lose 'unhelpful' name and recruit new members abroad. John Morgan reports
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Howler 'near-death' tragedy
A leading Poppleton don had to be rushed to hospital yesterday after a hysterical breakdown in the senior common room of David Willetts College.Witnesses say that Dr Quintock of the Department of...
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Competition forces groups and members to jockey for position
John Morgan assesses the impact of policy changes on mission group dynamics
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Tony Rich, 1954-2012
A registrar who was "admired and respected throughout the sector", and who played an important role in the professional development of non-academic staff, has died.Tony Rich was born in Norfolk on 26...
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Double standards
Last month, the Higher Education Funding Council for England issued a piece of advice relating to individual circumstances for the research excellence framework.On the REF website, Hefce lists a...
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What matters is what works
David Palfreyman, director of the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, says that the university information website by Which? "could become a more influential source of advice for...
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Small-minded island
As one who finds English cultural hubris a source of constant amusement, I savoured two splendid examples of the trait in Times Higher Education recently.One was big-game hunter Malcolm Gillies'...
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Raising the 'spectras' (1 of 2)
As an active spectroscopist and user of Michael Hollas' excellent texts, I agree wholeheartedly with his comments about the usage of "spectra" ("Singularly annoying", Letters, 19 July). However,...
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Raising the 'spectras' (2 of 2)
Michael Hollas describes a number of common "incorrect" English usages that cause him "continual irritation", such as the use of "phenomena" as a singular noun. It would be helpful to those of us...
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Figures strut and fret on sociological stage (1 of 2)
How refreshing to read Jonathan Steinberg's article on the relevance of biographical study ("Cult of personalities", 19 July). While there is undoubtedly a place for the Bennite argument against the...
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Figures strut and fret on sociological stage (2 of 2)
Jonathan Steinberg is entitled to advocate the revival of biography as a legitimate form of historical writing. As the article's standfirst notes, it is people who make history, even if not in...
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Too big to succeed
I have yet to see or hear convincing evidence to support the idea that a three-way merger creating a "super-university" for South East Wales would deliver higher quality, greater choice or enhanced...
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Narrowed opportunities
Readers of Times Higher Education might not have noticed two technical papers published by the Department for Education in early July that herald a monumental shift in A levels with major...