" In theory, research study with a physical-mobility impairment should be easier than undergraduate study. However, in practice it is much harder. Research study is a lonely, isolating and anxious...
Issues affecting postgrads will be debated in London this week at the UK Grad Conference. Here, speakers discuss the trials of part-timers, international students and researchers with disabilities....
Issues affecting postgrads will be debated in London this week at the UK Grad Conference. Here, speakers discuss the trials of part-timers, international students and researchers with disabilities....
If we fail to take collective action now, only the rich will be able to afford to join the profession, argues Bob Brecher. How can we reconcile the legitimate demands of a mass higher education...
Art schools in the Asia-Pacific region are offering lecturers unlimited prospects and a better quality of life. British schools should watch out. Martyn Bull reports. Art and design higher education...
Andrew Warnes Lecturer in American Literature and Culture Leeds University School of English Job advertised in The Times Higher March 5, 2004 After two and a half years of part-time teaching,...
A partnership between Newcastle University and a local school is aiming to raise the aspirations of pupils from deprived areas. Ross Davies reports. What happens when a university takes a hand in...
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Mark Griffiths Age : 38 Job : Psychologist, professor of gambling studies. Salary : £46,000 Qualifications : BSc psychology, Bradford University; PhD...
The use of admissions tests to help lure more pupils from underprivileged backgrounds into higher education was endorsed this week by the head of the Government's inquiry into fair access - just days...
The Charity Commission has been asked to investigate Reading University's planned takeover of a unique college specialising in British degrees for Japanese students. Reading intends to take over...
A code of practice for research students will not impose a "one-size-fits-all" model on universities, a conference on the UK doctorate was expected to hear today. The Quality Assurance Agency's long-...
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Aptitude test best to find brightest Just days before he is due to publish his final report, Professor Steven Schwartz threw his weight behind a universal aptitude test so that universities may spot...
Luxembourg, 9 September 2004 C-454/03, Commission des Communautes europeennes contre Royaume de Belgique Judgment of the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) on 9 September 2004 (link to English version...
Brussels, 9 September 2004 The EU should launch a fully-fledged European Security Research Programme by 2007, with a sufficiently large budget. This is the core message of a Communication on "...