Laurie Taylor Column
From : The Office of the Vice-Chancellor Subject : New Year Message to all Academic Staff As we stand on the brink of another new year, the fourth year in which I have been at the tiller of the...
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Laurie Taylor Column
From : The Office of the Vice-Chancellor Subject : New Year Message to all Academic Staff As we stand on the brink of another new year, the fourth year in which I have been at the tiller of the...
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Leader: A year of living dangerously
No forward look to a new year concludes that it will be boring or insignificant, but 2004 will surely be remembered as a milestone for higher education. Like top-up fees or loathe them, the decisions...
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Leader: Where Beagles dare...
On Christmas Day, 16 million people visited the Beagle 2 website, making the non-appearance of the UK's Mars lander more popular than the final episode of Only Fools and Horses . Beagle 2 's apparent...
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Leader: A year of living dangerously
No forward look to a new year concludes that it will be boring or insignificant, but 2004 will surely be remembered as a milestone for higher education. Like top-up fees or loathe them, the decisions...
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Leader: Where Beagles dare...
On Christmas Day, 16 million people visited the Beagle 2 website, making the non-appearance of the UK's Mars lander more popular than the final episode of Only Fools and Horses . Beagle 2 's apparent...
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Today's news
Blair is losing the battle over university fees Tony Blair has failed to build a consensus around his view that half of all young people should enter higher education, according to the latest YouGov...
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Today's news
The THES daily news service is taking a break. Our next round-up of higher education items in the national press will appear on January 5 2004. Wishing you all the best for the festive season - see...
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Today's news
Blair is losing the battle over university fees Tony Blair has failed to build a consensus around his view that half of all young people should enter higher education, according to the latest YouGov...
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Today's news
The THES daily news service is taking a break. Our next round-up of higher education items in the national press will appear on January 5 2004. Wishing you all the best for the festive season - see...
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Call to put research free on websites
Universities should publish academics' research papers freely on their websites, MPs have been told. The Commons science and technology committee, which last week announced an inquiry into scientific...
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Female rabbits get in a flap over being with other bunnies
Human females may be accused of rabbiting together, but Edinburgh University research has found that female bunnies will push open cat flaps to socialise with other females. Shirley Seaman of the...
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Legal fear over degree plan
Government proposals to offer some institutions "time-limited" degree-awarding powers may be illegal and could spark litigation from students, higher education college heads have warned. The...
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NHSU sets out its vision
The National Health Service's planned university aims to enrol 250,000 students over the next four years, playing a vital role in improving healthcare skills in the UK, its long-awaited strategy...
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Revamp as Brunel aims for RAE glory
Brunel University has created 20 professorial posts and approved a change of academic structure in an attempt to boost its research performance. The move, agreed by Brunel's governing council,...