Stem-cell rival lures star from Edinburgh
Edinburgh University has lost one of the biggest names in stem-cell research to rival Cambridge University - but has vowed to spend whatever it takes to stay at the top of the field. Austin Smith,...
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Focus on strengths or die, top registrar warns
Universities that fail to focus on their strengths will come under increasing financial pressure to merge, forge "strategic alliances" or even close, a Russell Group registrar has warned. Jonathan...
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It's top-up TV time
A £4.5 million advertising campaign to explain the 2006 tuition fee and bursary changes to teenagers and their parents was due to be launched by the Government on Friday. The campaign, backed by...
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Bolton's young blood
George Holmes, principal of Doncaster College, has been appointed vice-chancellor and chief executive of Bolton University. At 44, Dr Holmes will become the youngest university head in the UK. He is...
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Masters of mystery
Exeter University is to establish a chair in Western esotericism, after receiving a gift of £5,000 from the Blavatsky Trust. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke will direct the Centre for the Study of...
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iPlace or yours?
A "smart" apartment built to test ways that technology will be used in homes of the future has been created at Essex University. The two-bedroom apartment - called the iDorm2 - will be unveiled next...
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Blue-chip birthday
The UK's most expensive degree programme has celebrated its tenth anniversary. London Business School's ten-month masters in finance (MiF) course costs Pounds 28,000. LBS attracts more than 120 full-...
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Correction
The research paper Falling down Ladders and Charming Snakes referred to in the news report "Project lifts the hood on male dropouts" ( Times Higher , July 1) was undertaken by four universities -...
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Correction
* Last week, we reported that under a Welsh Assembly proposal, from 2007 the poorest Welsh students studying in Wales will be exempt from paying Pounds 1,200 tuition fees and will receive a £1,800...
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A communal space for group study that's available round the clock
Warwick University's "learning grid" is an open-learning space that students can use any time, day or night, individually or in groups, to polish teambuilding, problem-solving or presentation skills...
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Pair up lonely learners to improve study, HEA told
Universities should go back to basics and organise more contact between students, the first Higher Education Academy annual conference heard last week. Craig McInnis, professor of higher education at...
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Call for RAE to recognise e-learning
Diana Laurillard, head of the Government's e-learning strategy unit, called on academics at the Higher Education Academy annual conference last week to ensure the panels for the next research...
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Council to bar students from new housing
Students will be "banned" from living on a housing development near Loughborough University under a legal agreement being negotiated by council planners. Under the terms of a proposed planning...
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G8 urged to back alliances
UK-Africa collaboration is breathing life into the continent. Olga Wojtas reports G8 leaders are being challenged this week to revitalise African higher education via a ten-year programme drawn up by...
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Modern Scots wisdom for v-cs
UK-Africa collaboration is breathing life into the continent. Olga Wojtas reports Forty minutes drive from Gleneagles is Abertay Dundee University, which has just finished hosting a five-day...