Dundee woos Harry
Dundee University is sending a copy of its new undergraduate prospectus to Prince Harry in a bid to attract a second royal to Scotland. The university says Dundee not only boasts 400-plus...
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Recipe for success
Celebrity cook Clarissa Dickson Wright went for seconds when when she was installed as rector of the University of Aberdeen this week. Ms Dickson Wright was the first woman rector for more than 500...
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Moo-ney making ideas
Nottingham Trent University has taken its cool "entrepreneurial" image a step further: by manufacturing its own ice cream. Made with cream from its herd of Jersey cows, the university's department of...
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Jag gag
A rash of one-liners is doing the rounds at Bath University following the purchase of £1.6 million vice-chancellorial lodgings in a Georgian crescent. The butt is v-c Glynis Breakwell's new Jaguar....
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Quinn scores
Sunderland University has announced an honorary fellowship for Sunderland and Republic of Ireland footballer Niall Quinn. The university said that the 35-year-old had been a great role model for...
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In the news: Iain Gray
Scotland's new "minister for everything" following the shock resignation of Wendy Alexander is Iain Gray, until now minister for social justice. He has inherited Ms Alexander's portfolio of...
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Tables help cut through swamp of data and hype
Universities increasingly see league tables as a fact of life and carp less about them, says Bernard Kingston University league tables are with us again. They are increasingly important in students'...
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Why I ... advocate faith universities
George Bernard Shaw declared that a Catholic university was a contradiction: university investigation opens discussion; Catholic dogma closes it. Shaw's contradiction can be refined as a conflict...
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Quality checker needs checking
The QAA has published a draft of its 'lighter-touch' audit, but Geoffrey Alderman still needs convincing. At the end of April, the Quality Assurance Agency published the draft of its Handbook for...
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Measures of success
As universities work to widen participation, Alan Wilson asks how we can chart their performance Since the Laura Spence debacle, widening access has been high on the political agenda, reinforced by...
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Drugs giant shifts base to US to entice scientists
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis is to move its research headquarters from the Swiss city of Basel to Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of a drive to recruit top US scientists. The move will not only...
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Furious FE bosses wage funding gap war
Further education heads have become embroiled in a war of funding statistics with government officials. The Association of Colleges has reacted angrily to briefing notes for MPs supplied by the...
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Today's news
Oxford beats Cambridge to top Times table Oxford tops the annual Times university league table for the first time today, pipping Cambridge by a mere three points out of 1,000. Cambridge had headed...
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Update 12:45
AUT votes to boycott RAE The Association of University Teachers has voted to boycott the 2006 research assessment exercise. Delegates to the AUT’s summer council in Eastbourne agreed that they were...
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You're paid too little - even your employers agree
All academics have taken a decision that there is more to life than money. But this week's comprehensive survey from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association suggests that their goodwill...