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The week in higher education
He may be hell-bent on destroying their “Marxist” education departments, but universities are still dutifully helping education secretary Michael Gove with his A-level reform plans. After the Russell...
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Where do you think you’re going, eminent Cambridge scientist from overseas?
Cambridge lab staff had to keep weekly record of whereabouts, master complains. John Elmes writes
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Annus horribilis
Not many vice-chancellors own up to their universities being “too aggressive” on job cuts, or lament the “tragedy” of closing languages courses when their institution is doing just that.But given the...
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Leader - Local pathways through disputed territory
When it comes to resolving student grievances in the high fees era, it is best if universities can nip them in the bud
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Wealthy foundations: UK’s engineering heavyweights
The University of Sheffield has nudged the University of Cambridge into third place in a list of the UK institutions earning the most research income from engineering, Higher Education Statistics...
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Gross domestic pinprick for the UK’s academy
Public funding for UK higher education as a proportion of national income, after coalition reforms, is now greater than just four other European nations, a report claims.The study by the European...
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Lecturers don’t rate Rate Your Lecturer site
Founder digs in as academics expound on offering’s weaknesses. Chris Parr writes
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Students as consumers? We just don’t buy it!
A “statement of principles” challenging the ideals of “consumer sovereignty” and financial “realism” that underpin current government policy on higher education has been issued after an event...
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Executive downsizing for UCU
Union votes to trim committee but not on scale called for by general secretary. Jack Grove writes
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Spokes in the wheels of bespoke plagiarism
University hears bespoke course assessments can deter ‘contract’ cheats. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Laurie Taylor
We aim to please“I merely ushered him outside. The suggestion that I ejected him is a gross slander.”This was how Professor Lapping, of the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, sought to justify...
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Campus round-up - 13 June 2013
Display hoardA student dressed from head to toe in medical equipment is one of the highlights of the University of Brighton’s Graduate Show. Karol Michalec’s artwork (top, left) – which he says...