UCE proposes Aston merger
The University of Central England has agreed to dissolve and merge with Aston University to create an institution that would rival Birmingham University in size. UCE governors gave their approval on...
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'Blundering' reforms will blight Scots universities
One of the UK's leading authorities on devolution has condemned ministers for leaving Scotland's universities facing an uncertain future in the wake of their "blundering" English higher education...
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Tories name top-up troops
A new shadow education team will be leading Conservative opposition to top-up fees. The team, which was appointed under Tim Yeo, shadow health and education secretary late last week, includes Tom...
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Whistleblowers: BA to be probed on £2m award
Parliament's spending watchdog plans to examine allegations of "old-boy favouritism" at the British Academy following investigations by The THES . The House of Commons public accounts committee has...
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Pilot angry at terror slur
An aviation student at Leeds University told of his shock this week when he discovered that he had been identified as a suspected terrorist and subjected to a Special Branch investigation. Mimbar Ali...
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Supertext: The textbook that changed my life
My MA was cross-disciplinary: English literature and fine arts at the Barber and Shakespeare institutes at Birmingham University. It was 1976 - a dim time, when a curry was the only cultural...
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Making a case for competition
When Canadian Blair Winsor was in his early 20s, he met an academic from Harvard Business School and asked what he taught. "Priorities," said the academic. "We overload the students with work, we...
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Silenced for hinting at an Indian Oedipus
Hindus incensed by a discussion of a deity's sexuality sent Paul Courtright death threats and had his book banned. But he still finds hope amid the anger A few weeks ago I received a startling visit...
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A neuro-noir journey to the centre of the mind
How can a professor of philosophy get a new theory of consciousness across to the public? Daniel Lloyd (right) did it by writing a murder mystery, he tells Walter Ellis It wasn't that hard to be a...
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'Even the Grim Reaper can play a role in our mission'
Death is no bar to a successful honorary degree ceremony at the University of the M25. Its spin-meister Ted Prince relates how it is done There are very few occasions when the death of a visiting VIP...
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The startling rise of 'pseudo universities'
For-profit universities are booming, gaining credibility and threatening some traditional institutions, says Stephen Phillips, while Olga Wojtas reports on initiatives by a new breed of Scottish...
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Scottish foster next generation of Logie Bairds for pride and profit
For-profit universities are booming, gaining credibility and threatening some traditional institutions, says Stephen Phillips, while Olga Wojtas reports on initiatives by a new breed of Scottish...
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The startling rise of 'pseudo universities'
For-profit universities are booming, gaining credibility and threatening some traditional institutions, says Stephen Phillips, while Olga Wojtas reports on initiatives by a new breed of Scottish...
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Scottish foster next generation of Logie Bairds for pride and profit
For-profit universities are booming, gaining credibility and threatening some traditional institutions, says Stephen Phillips, while Olga Wojtas reports on initiatives by a new breed of Scottish...
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Making a case for competition
When Canadian Blair Winsor was in his early 20s, he met an academic from Harvard Business School and asked what he taught. "Priorities," said the academic. "We overload the students with work, we...