Change is a good test for delegates
The Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club, a Georgian mansion in its own parkland on the outskirts of Edinburgh, is noted for its leisure facilities. But surprisingly for the 100 higher education...
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Chief needler at the sharp end of learning
Academics and universities should resist the temptation to treat fee-paying students as customers. They should, instead, let them buy into "learning partnerships", Paul Ramsden, the new head of the...
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Cambridge v-c fears effects of expansion
Cambridge University risks damaging the quality of the student experience if it takes on many more undergraduates, Alison Richard, the vice-chancellor, has warned. She also said it was vital for...
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Delays to halls could hit credit
The ability of universities to raise finance through loans or private partnership could be affected by student accommodation projects that run into trouble, the credit-ratings agency Standard &...
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Sporting advice
Roger Black, 400m silver medallist in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, spoke this week of how 'fear of fitting in or looking stupid' discouraged some young people from staying in education. Mr Black joined...
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Tax law 'kills' spin-offs...
The Government is killing university spin-off companies "stone dead" it was claimed last week, as figures revealed a dramatic decline in the number of academic start-up firms. University...
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'Every penny counts'
Nick Coleman, a lecturer at Newcastle University, developed a revolutionary microchip during a six-year research project. Last year, he applied for a government Smart award and was told informally...
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..while lack of private cash stops them setting up
Venture capitalists are still wary of investing in university spin-off companies, according to research published by Nottingham University Business School this week, writes Caroline Davis. The...
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Rivals vie for new MRC site
Two London universities are battling head to head to turn the National Institute for Medical Research into a groundbreaking centre for clinical and scientific research. After months of deliberation,...
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'A lack of clarity' veils poor ideas
It is "a moral disgrace" that students are exposed to the unclear writing of many postmodernist thinkers, a roundtable discussion on postmodernism and social sciences heard on Monday night. Peter...
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Imperial keeps staff rep
Imperial College London has withdrawn a plan to remove all elected staff and student representatives from its governing council. At a meeting last week, council members agreed that the body needed to...
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What's it all about, Alfie?
Alfie Alexander, aged 86 and in the second year of a sociology degree at Aberdeen University, believes he is the UK's oldest undergraduate. He is certainly among the best qualified, with an honours...
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Dundee joins press gang
Dundee University Press became the UK's newest academic publishing house this week and promised to bring the excitement of academic research to a wider readership. The press, launched on Monday, will...
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Belarus expelled lecturer for 'leading students to West'
Britain is pressing the Belarus Government for an explanation for the expulsion of a Kingston University lecturer in August. Officials said no reason had yet been given for ordering Alan Flowers out...
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Verdict: Lyon-3 is not 'fascist'
The University of Lyon-3, Jean-Moulin is not fascist but its founders have tolerated extreme right-wing ideas, an inquiry has found. The university gained a reputation for revisionist tendencies...