Anonymity loss stifles research
A university-based sperm donation centre has given up trying to recruit donors because fears about loss of anonymity are driving away volunteers, MPs were told this week. The long-running debate...
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Business-link cash handed out by Hefce
Funding chiefs this week revealed which universities will host England's 22 knowledge exchange centres as part of a £186 million boost for higher education-business links. The announcement of the...
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Child medics 'disturbed' by GMC ruling
The General Medical Council's ruling against paediatrician David Southall could drive experts away from child protection work, leading medics claimed this week, writes Anna Fazackerley. The GMC found...
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Regulation bill cut by 25%
The cost of red-tape and regulation has been cut by 25 per cent in four years, according to a new report revealed exclusively in today's Times Higher . But a "conservative estimate" from a study for...
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Quango famed for red tape set to cross divide
Universities could soon be home to two distinct "classes" of academic under moves to give further education planners more of a say in higher education. The Times Higher has learnt that significant...
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Colleges win £130m to plug gap
College heads this week welcomed news of a one-off £130 million boost for further education, writes Tony Tysome. The extra cash was announced by the Government on Monday after emergency talks between...
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Failure rates will rise
Failure rates will rise unless universities get serious about tailoring support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, a college principal has warned. Ruth Silver, head of Lewisham College,...
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Bricks and technology have the power to wow students
Campus buildings with a "wow factor" can increase a university's prospects of attracting and retaining staff and students, research due to be published next month will reveal. The Commission for...
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Staffordshire plan to axe 47 jobs in bid to tackle cash crisis
Staffordshire University is to axe nearly a tenth of its academic posts to save £3.6 million lost through falling student numbers. A total of 47 compulsory job losses are planned over the next three...
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Lords win changes as HE Bill staggers on
Peers have left the Government's plans for a university access regulator in tatters after forcing a string of amendments to the Higher Education Bill this week. After a tense stand-off on Monday...
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Historian is singled out for top honour
Historian Olwen Hufton is the sole standard bearer for the arts among a plethora of eminent scientists recognised at the head of the Queen's Birthday Honours, writes Paul Hill. Professor Hufton,...
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Whistleblowers: Student wins £34K payout
A failed PhD student who won what is believed to be the largest financial settlement in the UK after a four-year battle with Lancaster University said this week that he had faced an "ordeal of...
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Lecturers to ask the audience
Audience voting keypads like those used on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? could become standard in lecture theatres across the UK and could push academics to change the way they teach, it was...
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Congress scrutinises payout
The US Congress is scrutinising a cash prize awarded by a leading university to the former head of a government research institute who had just resolved a legal action in its favour. The University...
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Development scheme wins over doubters
A West African university has overcome staff and student hostility to launch pioneering community links that involve all its students living for two months in a disadvantaged area. The government of...