Bangor University - Experimental conversations
A research "laboratory" to investigate bilingualism has opened in Wales. The centre for research on bilingualism in theory and practice at Bangor University will conduct research into how languages...
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UHI Millennium Institute - Home-grown hospitality
Leaders of the Scottish tourist industry met to discuss plans for a new degree. The experts met in Inverness to discuss the BA in tourism and hospitality practice planned at the UHI Millennium...
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University of Northampton - Sharing special needs expertise
Primary school principals and teachers from Hong Kong visited a British university to study methods to improve the treatment of students with special educational needs. The teachers took part in a...
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A nose for trouble
Scientists hope research into how hammerhead sharks sniff out their prey will influence design for chemical sensors for counter-terrorism, underwater exploration and medicine. Jonathan Cox, a...
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Blog confidential
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: A sociological sermonI don't usually comment on articles in Times Higher Education, but...
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Appointments
King's College LondonJeremy HorderA professor whose academic career blossomed after he decided not to join his father's second-hand car business has been appointed Edmund-Davies chair in criminal law...
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Drawing the venom from the poison pen of rancorous reviews
Herminio Martins offers a threefold plan to bring order to the 'structural irresponsibility' of academic book reviewing - so dangerous in the present climate
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Linguistic isolationism
The decline of modern languages in the UK threatens our place in the European conversation, writes Anthony Bushell
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Top European Institutions in Molecular Biology
Top European Institutions in Molecular BiologyData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 1999-December 2009Euro rankWorld...
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The week in higher education
More than 250 leading scientists have denounced the escalation of political assaults on climatologists. In an open letter to the journal Science, 255 members of the US National Academy of Sciences...
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Sector fears for future as its Commons champions are lost
More incoming MPs are graduates but few have worked in higher education. John Morgan reports
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De Montfort faces £4m fine for over-recruiting students
University says it had 'obligation' to boost rolls as it tries to fend off penalty. Melanie Newman writes
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Rookie ministers steered away from 'bad history'
Politicians have been urged to draw on the expertise of academic historians to avoid policies guided by "bad history".The History and Policy group, which brings historical insights to bear on current...
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Union counters job losses and cuts with strike ballot
Turmoil at LCC heightens fear over 'efficiencies' at the University of the Arts. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Stressed staff can't get no satisfaction
People working in higher education are "dissatisfied with their jobs and careers" and are "stressed at work", according to new research.Academics from The Open University, the University of...