Farewell to the duvet degree
Ruth Woodfield explains why Sussex University is restructuring its art courses to increase contact time with tutors. Many arts students will have clocked up far fewer contact hours with teachers than...
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Teaching: On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Kemal Ahmet Age : 46 Job: Sub-dean (quality assurance), faculty of creative arts and technologies, University of...
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After a stormy three-way affair, several parents can lay claim to minister's long overdue baby
*No state funding for under 5-rated research *New 6-rating for super-elite *Students to vets quality A succession of ministers, advisers and experts have had a hand in the higher education white...
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Boost for colleges in new title stakes
Key points Research degree powers no longer needed for university status, opening the door to colleges of higher education to apply Modernisation of degree-awarding powers to reflect...
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Scots, Welsh fear student influx and staff brain drain
Key points Scots fear losing academics to richer English higher education institutions Welsh locked in discussions with Clarke and demand greater powers from Westminster. They remain reluctant to...
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The students: 'the white paper will stunt lives'
Lucy Gledhill , 17, a pupil at the Bradford Girls' Grammar School, said it would be a shame if students opted for shorter courses as a result of higher fees. "This might end up changing what students...
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Students need a roof
Bursaries for students threatened with homelessness are crucial to their success in higher education, according to a study published this week. The study followed the fortunes of 75 people based in...
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Whistleblowers: Manager to follow his mentor out the door
North Birmingham College deputy principal Ian Douglas is set to follow his former boss Joan Short by leaving the troubled Midlands institution after government inspectors branded their leadership "...
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Bullish Clarke sets out stall
*No state funding for under 5-rated research *New 6-rating for super-elite *Students to vets quality He's stood up to the chancellor, taken on his critics within the party and is in no mood to take...
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A new beginning for a strained relationship
Universities should work with business and industry to mould skilled graduates ready for work, says Sa’ad Medhat This week’s white paper on the future of higher education tackles the failure of...
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Managers to face scrutiny
Key points Leadership Foundation to spread good management practice Strategic Management Fund to facilitate alliances and mergers Lambert review to make recommendations on governance changes Greater...
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New academy to raise status of teaching
Key points New Teaching Quality Academy by 2004 to promote best practice in teaching Additional money for pay conditional on clear strategies for rewarding and promoting good teachers All new...
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OK for animal research
The government has given its support to animal experiments. The pledge followed a controversial report published last year by a House of Lords select committee that said animal experiments were vital...
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Web award for Bradford
The University of Bradford's careers service has won a national award for its needs-based website. Judges of the careers website of the year award run by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit...
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Cash is lavished on RAE giants
Key points Extra £1.25 billion for research by 2005-06 Research to be concentrated in top universities New RAE rating for top research departments PhD funding criteria to encourage concentration...