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The week in higher education
• A British scientist caught smuggling cocaine in a bid to impress someone he thought was a former Miss Bikini World has been jailed for almost five years, the Daily Mail reported on 21 November....
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From Where I Sit - Money in the pot
When CNN called the election for President Obama surprisingly early in the evening of 6 November, the crowd in Sproul Plaza went wild. There was cheering, dancing, hugging and, yes, a couple of...
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No risk posed by 10 little newbies
GuildHE chief reassures sector as Willetts hails removal of size restrictions. John Morgan reports
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Gold-watch time for 'simplistic' NSS survey?
The National Student Survey should be replaced by a poll asking undergraduates how much they have engaged with their studies and university life, the head of a mission group has said.Speaking at the...
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Staff put on red alert over Bolton's drastic plans to get into the black
Claims that overseas and private ventures may have added to financial woes. John Morgan reports
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Offa and Hefce draft national access strategy
A national strategy on improving university access is set to be published by next autumn.
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No egg on Burns' face, but protest fails to come to boil
NUS march ends amid boos, grumbling and confusion in sodden outfield. John Morgan reports
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Teacher training game 'may not be worth candle'
Government changes to initial teacher training (ITT) could create a “perfect storm” for higher education, a seminar has heard.James Noble-Rogers, executive director of the Universities’ Council for...
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Exam board's Open marriage set to offer colleges greater independence
No traditional partner needed for new foundation degree-level qualification. David Matthews writes
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HE in FE growth a bit too marginal, Cable admits
The expansion of higher education provision in further education colleges has not happened as quickly as the government had hoped, Vince Cable has admitted.Speaking on 21 November at the Association...
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The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong - and How to Fix It
Steve Yearley weighs claims that environmental policies sweep emissions under a Chinese rug
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On Global Justice
A book like this makes me nervous. Here I am writing for Times Higher Education when I should be engaged in proper, serious scholarship. Look at this book: prodigious does not begin to do it justice...
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Cultures of Mediatization
Raymond Williams described “culture” as “one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language”. I wonder how he would have managed “mediatization”. I have a sense that he would have...
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There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
Willy Maley on a writer of commitment’s memoir of a postcolonial nation’s descent into conflict