Naturalist fears for 'intellectual life'
Sir David Attenborough, Britain's most revered natural history presenter, has warned that intellectual spirit is being crushed in British universities. Speaking to The Times Higher ahead of the...
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'Kingdom of heaven's siege of Jerusalem was largely rubbish'
Historian John France is bringing the Crusades to life in a TV series about early Christian-Muslim conflict John France, a medieval historian at Swansea University, is starring in a History Channel...
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On the move...
* Glamorgan University has appointed six deans as part of its new faculty-based structure. Peter Robertson will be dean of the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries. Peter Hodson will be...
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DTI caught in free-data row
Anna Fazackerley reports on claims that concern over the profits of the big publishers led the Government to interfere in research council plans to make all research available free online The...
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Tory sparring partners clash over fees policy
The battle for the Tory leadership turns to higher education this week as the two contenders set out their differences on tuition fees and university expansion to The Times Higher . While David Davis...
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Disillusioned staff pack their bags
When Martin Ogilvie first heard he had a job as an academic he drove through the night from Sunderland to Birmingham University. The social policy researcher said he was so excited that someone such...
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Rankings spark debate abroad
The Times Higher 's second World University Rankings have fuelled debate in countries concerned about the future of their higher education systems. The response was especially vigorous in Malaysia,...
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Soas's farewell to arms
The School of Oriental and African Studies has decided to abandon all investments in arms companies and draw up an ethical investment policy, just weeks after The Times Higher revealed the extent of...
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Unfair dismissal award
A senior lecturer from Liverpool Hope University has been awarded £55,000 by an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal. Brenda Ashton, 53, resigned as director of the Centre for English Language at...
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Cash for part-timers
The Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Department for Education and Skills have confirmed that an additional £40 million will be allocated in 2006-07 and 2007-08 for part-time...
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Sir Roland Smith chair
The widow of the late Professor Sir Roland Smith, Lady Joan Smith, has donated £500,000 to Lancaster University to fund a chair in strategic management. Sir Roland, who died in 2003, was the first...
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Dance partnership
The Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance has become an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. There are now eight Conservatoire schools offering degree courses in dance, drama...
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Drop-outs discussed
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation this week published From Life Crisis to Lifelong Learning: Rethinking Working-Class 'Drop Out' from Higher Education, a report examining working-class students'...
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Top tutors may win £10K
The best lecturers will be in line for a £10,000 bonus under the revamped National Teaching Fellows scheme. The programme will also allow teams of academics to bid for study grants of up to £250,000...