Problem method has high dropout
Students are more likely to drop out of courses that have adopted problem-based learning in place of traditional lectures, a study suggests. According to the research, which compared two groups of...
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Whistleblowers: Failed PhD student appeals to watchdog
A failed PhD candidate who rejected a £1,000 compensation offer after Keele University admitted that its mistakes had contributed to the collapse of his studies will be one of the first students to...
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Protests greet speeded-up Turkish reforms
Legislation to reform Turkey's higher education, including the dissolving of the Yok board, has been rushed through parliament, leading to protests and a 20 per cent fall in the stock market. The...
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Harvard quizzed on research ethics
Boston The US government has cited Harvard University for ethical lapses in research experiments involving human subjects, including some in China and Tanzania. One-third of Harvard research projects...
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Paris
France is to sell its gold reserves to fund "major" research projects, Jean-Paul Raffarin, the prime minister, has announced. Priority projects such as industrial research and development, and...
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Prague
Academics will have access to sensitive secret police archives up to 1990 after the Czech parliament passed an archive law.
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Minsk
Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian president, has said that graduates who studied at the state's expense must work in a job assigned to them by the government "for five years and mainly beyond"....
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Lome
The University of Lome, in Togo, has been closed indefinitely after skirmishes between security forces and students.
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Economist warns of overpriced study
Australian universities cannot be trusted with the freedom to set their own tuition fees, according to the economist who designed the Higher Education Contribution Scheme 15 years ago. Bruce Chapman...
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French media gets new school
France's journalism schools will face increased competition when a new school opens at the elite Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in September. It will join a dozen other public and private...
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Russians call for death penalty as murders rise
Russian academics are calling for the reinstatement of the death penalty after a spate of murders. Moscow police say that at least eight researchers and professors have been murdered or found dead in...
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Europe urged to win back nanotech lead
The European Commission wants universities to incorporate nanotechnology into a wider range of degrees to encourage multidisciplinary cooperation and help Europe regain its lead in the field. A...
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Gibraltar is out on its own in cleanliness stakes
Economic and geographical isolation from the rest of the Iberian Peninsula has shielded Gibraltar from environmental pollution, according to research. The first survey of soil geochemistry in the...
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Lambert to draft model IP contracts
Model research contracts are to be drafted by a government committee in a bid to speed up deals between universities and industry, The Times Higher has learnt. Richard Lambert, author of last year's...
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British biotech told: take 'bold steps' and stand up to rivals
The British biotechnology industry may be a big fish in the European pond but it is struggling to keep pace with competition from the US and Asia, according to a report, Paul Hill writes. The annual...