Just a glass will get the answers flowing
Charitable giving or self-indulgence? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was the latter that the majority of university staff plumped for when asked what would motivate them to respond to an online...
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UCU to back older academics who feel 'superfluous'
A "silent majority" of academics aged 50 and older feel "undervalued and often superfluous", a survey by the University and College Union will reveal next week. Sally Hunt, UCU joint general...
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Tribunal restricts 'vexatious litigant'
Panel finds that a lecturer who won thousands of pounds alleging bias had no 'worthwhile' evidence, writes Phil Baty A lecturer who has caused "enormous inconvenience, harassment and expense" to...
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Spa studies graduates in hot demand
In the third of our series on popular courses, Jessica Shepherd unwinds on a trip to Buxton, home to the UK's first spa management degree Not again. The phones don't stop ringing at the school of...
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A quiet revolution for law and order
In the second of our three-part series on employer-led higher education, Claire Sanders looks at the arrival of police students on campus This summer, The Times Higher carried an unusual job advert....
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It's students who will do the selecting now, heads are warned
Universities will need to raise standards and become more customer-focused to survive in the new fee-driven culture, marketing and fundraising heads were warned this week. Many institutions are going...
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College above discount shop dashes hopes
Foreign students at the Maritime Greenwich College have been left disillusioned after discovering that their degrees will not have the accreditation they expected. Phil Baty reports When Lekrajsingh...
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Ghost professors haunt Peking
Allegations of dishonesty over the positions of star Chinese academics have proved a public relations disaster for Peking University. In early July, Qiu Chengtong , a professor of mathematics at...
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Ethics row hits research body
Students want Canadian council to review alleged misconduct, writes Philip Fine A Canadian research council is under fire after refusing to investigate a case that appears to have broken copyright...
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Backing for Serb institute
A Kosovo-Albanian member of the negotiating team on the future status of Kosovo has stated that the Serbian minority population has the right to its own Serbian-taught university. The statement by...
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Hurricane repairs stall as cash squeeze bites
New Orleans universities are furious with the Government and insurers for failing to pay up, reports Jon Marcus One year on from the Hurricane Katrina disaster, universities in the affected region...
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Minister pledges one-off bonus to win over poor students
French freshers who study away from home will qualify for an allowance of €300 (£200) to help with settling-in expenses, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced. He told an assembly of chief...
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'Sales' policy threat to quality
New Zealand is risking the quality and reputation of its tertiary education system by treating international students primarily as a source of revenue, a report commissioned by the Education Ministry...
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Don't waste our talents, we're not illiterate idiots
From delivering lectures in Kabul to delivering pizzas in London, academic refugee Haroon Amirzada's woes did not end when he escaped the Taleban I was tortured for two years in a Taleban prison. The...
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An effort to un-lose Marbles
A precious stone thought to have been swiped by a German academic 135 years ago has been returned to Greece. The Greek Government hopes the gesture will bolster efforts to bring back the Elgin...