Dearing predicts cap will rise
Raising the current £3,000 cap on tuition fees is likely to be "part of the way forward" for university funding, leading educationalist Lord Dearing said this week. Speaking at a Universities UK...
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Lord May wins award
Lord Robert May has been awarded the Royal Society's Copley medal for his contributions to ecology and mathematics. Lord May, a professor of zoology at Oxford University and Imperial College London...
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Language initiative
A consortium of six West Midlands universities led by Aston has launched an initiative to address the decline of language teaching in the UK. Designed to challenge perceptions and "encourage young...
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Equality role for Brooks
John Brooks, vice-chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, has been appointed the new chair of the Equality Challenge Unit. He will replace Janet Finch. Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of...
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Good with numbers
The London Mathematical Society has awarded the De Morgan Medal to a mathematician who developed a problem that has yet to be solved. Bryan Birch of Oxford University has been awarded the triennial...
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Clarification
Owing to technical problems, the end of the article "US rankings opponents struggling to turn tables" ( The Times Higher , June 22) was omitted. The full version can be found at /story.asp?storycode=...
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Chairs still elude female medics
Lack of progress to top posts stirs talk of positive discrimination for women. Melanie Newman investigates Female academics are still underrepresented in the top medical posts, according to the...
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Scots' collaborative bet pays off
A pioneering initiative to "pool" research talent across several Scottish universities has transformed the ambitions and career prospects of researchers and is set to be copied in England. The...
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Access course a success
The first students to benefit from the UK's first widening participation scheme in medicine became qualified doctors this week. King's College London's extended medical degree programme is open to...
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Bucks wins its title
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College is to become a university after the Privy Council approved its application this week. BCUC is now consulting on a new name. It has been able to award its...
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Dyslexia in academe
Dyslexia among academics is seldom talked about, but a new book, C ascade - Creativity Across Science, Art, Dyslexia, Education , hopes to change that. It draws together the experiences of dyslexic...
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Researchers' reunion
A 60-year study by academics at Newcastle University and medics into the health of local people was marked this week at a civic reception that brought together some of the original participants and...
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Glasgow collects £2m
Glasgow University cleaned up in the latest Arts and Humanities Research Council grants round, securing more than £2 million of funding. The university, which said it received more AHRC money in this...
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Green chemists gather
A chance meeting in Ethiopia four years ago between Martyn Poliakoff, who heads research into green chemistry at Nottingham University, and Nigist Asfaw, of Addis Ababa University, sparked a series...