Passion that doesn't diminish with age
Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel laureate and rigorous defender of chemistry, revealed last week that he is leaving Britain for the US. Like many scientists, he fears his research funding here will dry up once...
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Exam boards 'should pilot foundations'
Ministers should consider creating a two-tier system of foundation degrees by allowing exam boards to award the qualification as well as universities, according to a report published this week. The...
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Students demand rise in NI enrolment
Many Northern Irish sixth-formers will have their hopes of a university education dashed because of a lack of undergraduate places, student leaders have warned, writes Olga Wojtas. The National Union...
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Scottish colleges increase their recruitment from deprived areas
Scotland's colleges have opened the doors to higher education still wider by recruiting more students from the poorest neighbourhoods, according to the latest performance indicators. The Scottish...
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'Few black professors but lots of cleaners'
Bradford has its first race equality champion. Olga Wojtas meets a high-flyer who relishes rising to the challenge of making universities reflect our diverse society. Are universities institutionally...
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Market forces bring wide pay variations
How does your university compare with others in the salary stakes? An exclusive analysis of figures by The Times Higher reveals for the first time the wide discrepancies in average academic salaries...
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V-c: I will sack the rebel staff
Brian Roper, the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, is prepared to sack hundreds of lecturers to win a dispute over contracts. He said this week: "I've coped with worse." Dr Roper...
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AUT urges 'fee write-off' carrot
Students who go on to become academics should have their undergraduate debt written off, the Association of University Teachers said this week. The AUT says that a national incentive scheme is needed...
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Rallying cry for a Northern Way
Universities are at the forefront of plans to boost the economies of the North of England. In the first in our series on moves towards greater collaboration within regions, Alison Utley reports on...
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Why the best academics are just like sperm
Variety is the spice of life. Tim Birkhead urges lecturers to discover the joys of eccentricity and leave uniformity to the clones My spermatozoa measure 53µ from tip to tail, give or take a micron...
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Jobwatch: Copyright Caretaker
Brunel University will be one of the first institutions to employ an officer specifically to oversee copyright issues and digital output across all departments. Chris Johnston reports. With the...
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Election leaves v-cs' fee planning in limbo
Australian universities face a period of unprecedented uncertainty after Prime Minister John Howard's decision to call a general election for October 9. The surprise announcement means that vice-...
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Contest hots up for medical places
Winning a university place to train as a doctor is now harder than it has been for at least a generation, an investigation by The Times Higher has revealed. Despite fears that the government push to...
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Who got that job?
Kit Nicholson Director, International Centre for the Uplands - Cumbria Lancaster University Job advertised in The Times Higher , January 9, 2004 The Cumbrian fells have long been a powerful source of...
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Knickers at the ready, wherever you're from
Caron Freeborn's Essex twang got a few laughs when she arrived at Cambridge. But 12 years on, she's still there, relishing class distinctions. When, aged almost , I got a place to read for a degree...