Fury at plans to prune council
Imperial College London plans to become the first UK university to get rid of its elected staff and student governors. Staff and students are furious at the proposal to remove six elected staff...
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Vet who can make a dog's life a bit more bearable
Danny Mills may not be able to talk to the animals like the fictional character Doctor Dolittle, but he certainly understands them better than most. Professor Mills holds the UK's first chair in...
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EPSRC's lifeline for 'problem' sciences
A select list of universities has been invited to bid for grants from a multimillion-pound pilot fund designed to save "problem" science subjects. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...
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Europeans first to get beers in
The modern pint of beer was an ancient European invention and not a product of the cradle of civilisation. A leading scholar this week rejected the widely accepted theory that the world's most...
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Scots cheered by budget fillip
The promise of record investment has given Scottish universities the confidence and financial clout to compete with their fee-charging counterparts in England, higher education leaders said this week...
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Petition appeals for honesty in public life
As Australians prepare to vote in tomorrow's federal elections, more than 400 senior academics - including 160 professors from every public university - have condemned the "dishonesty and duplicity"...
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A system without marked values
Bob Brecher has an idea that might solve the admissions conundrum The silly season this year was much as expected: the best-ever A/AS-level results, naturally, and the usual complaints from...
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Broke, lonely and obsessing?
You must be doing a PhD. But it doesn't have to be that way, says Harriet Swain. It's all in the preparation - and in the kind of relationship you have with your mentor Hooray, you've been accepted...
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My worst nightmare
Two years before finishing my PhD, I had to cover for a professor who went abroad. I had fantasised about being a professor, but as I have a severe speech disability I did not think it possible. In...
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Quest for a new word order
With universities looking abroad for intellectual inspiration and for students, the profile of distance learning is rising, writes Harriet Swain. One of those to recognise its potential is Graham...
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Biomed team lured to Enfield
Middlesex University has poached a team of top researchers from a leading London medical school as part of its plans to develop a biomedical sciences department. Ray Iles and two of his team were...
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Overseas demand spurs foreign drive
Universities are starting to bolster their international offices in response to British Council predictions earlier this year of a huge increase in foreign demand for higher education. Sheffield...
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Who got that job?
Jim Richards Professor of biomechanics Faculty of Health, Central Lancashire University Job advertised in The Times Higher , February 6 UK athletes won 35 gold medals at this year's Paralympic Games...
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EU sets sights on vigour in learning
The European Commissioner-designate for education and culture has pledged that the incoming Commission will launch a lifelong learning initiative to take effect from 2007. At a European Parliament...
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Loans loophole favours lenders
Opponents of the Bush Administration allege that US Government-backed student loan programmes are enriching private lenders at taxpayers' expense. Critics, including an investigative arm of the...