Harry Kroto
I love quotations. Perhaps my all-time favourite is by the American columnist and short-story writer Don Marquis: "If you make people think they are thinking, they'll love you, but if you really make...
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Give us a tax break
The UK government is promoting a culture of giving but more is needed, argues C. Duncan Rice On returning from the US in 1996 to become principal of the University of Aberdeen, I knew that the wealth...
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Study is not a one-way street
Students may view themselves as consumers of education, but they too have contractual obligations, writes Gary Attle The recent award of damages to a group of students against their college for...
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Are you ready for a flexible friend?
Jack-of-all-trades Stuart Murray leaves further education for an alien higher world and finds acres of space and a fair few closed doors... So this is what it's like to work in higher education. I...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Mary Davies Age : 48 Job: Study/dyslexia support tutor at Swansea Institute of Higher Education. Salary : £22,948...
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Lambert: I'm no stooge
The man commissioned by the Treasury to look at the links between higher education and business has denied claims that his report will be used to force universities to reform their governance....
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Share fall threatens medical research
Billions of pounds have been wiped off the value of the Wellcome Trust's endowment fund in the past two years, forcing it to review future funding plans for medical and biomedical research. The trust...
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Musicians trumpet tutor benefits
Some of the world's best musical performers gain as much from teaching in Britain's conservatoires as their students do from the lessons, research has found, writes Tony Tysome. New and improved...
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Academics at forefront of anti-war protests
Academics and students were in the vanguard of anti-war protests this week as military action against Iraq got under way. Lecturers' union Natfhe urged members to take part in "appropriate action...
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Badges, ballots, biscuits and binghamists
No wonder the tourists were confused. Outside Oxford's Divinity School they had passed a group of students lolling in the sun against anti-war placards, while among them entertainers capered in red...
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Oxford victor Patten to help pick new v-c
Oxford University's new "young and dynamic" chancellor, European commissioner Chris Patten, will play a significant role in the appointment of a vice-chancellor for Oxford who could, for the first...
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Cash boost to lift Scots ranking
Scotland's higher education institutions yesterday won a 5 per cent funding increase for the coming year, aimed at helping them maintain their position in the UK and international pecking order. The...
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AUTS: do not apply English blueprint
The Scottish Executive has been urged to reject any moves to follow the English white paper proposals for 6* departments and more selective research funding or many universities will be "fatally...
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Wales vows to hold back on top-up fees
Welsh universities will charge no top-up fees until at least April 2007, education minister Jane Davidson has said. She told delegates at the National Union of Students Wales spring conference in...
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Foundation degrees get the thumbs down
Two-year foundation degrees have been ruled out in Scotland, with universities pressed by the Scottish Executive to offer accelerated learning through better links with further education colleges,...