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Wreck off Mull yields 17th-century cannon Archaeologists from the University of St Andrews have discovered a 17th-century iron cannon, thought to be the only one of its kind still in existence, in...
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Today's news
72% of academics oppose top-up fees An exclusive poll in today's Times Higher Education Supplement reveals the overwhelming opposition of higher education staff to top-up fees. Read the full story on...
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Wales suffers slump in research applications
Recruitment to part-time degree courses is booming in Welsh higher education but institutions are struggling to attract part-time and full-time postgraduate researchers, funding council figures show...
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72% oppose top-up fees, poll reveals
Academic opposition to top-up fees is overwhelming and still growing, according to the first poll of higher education staff since it became clear that students face increased charges. A THES survey...
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Scots councils turn to Plain English for lessons in straight talking
Universities and colleges north of the border may be in for a shock in this year's grant letters. Their two funding councils cannot guarantee more money, but they are promising lucid prose. The...
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In the news: Nigel Dacre
Nigel Dacre knows a thing or two about the media, so the managers at the London School of Printing who lured the former ITV news supremo to run their prestigious media school could be forgiven for...
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Appointments and awards
Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, who as Peter Brooke was Conservative higher education minister, secretary of state for Northern Ireland and chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust, will...
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Hodge: review will be radical
The government's higher education review paper, expected to be published in the next ten days, will be "radical" and "highly contentious", higher education minister Margaret Hodge told academics and...
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Outcry over PhD plans spurs funding rethink
Plans to axe PhD funding to departments that did badly in the research assessment exercise are being reconsidered by the funding councils following an outcry from some post-1992 universities. In a...
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Change afoot as firsts rise
Plans to scrap traditional degree classifications were bolstered this week by figures showing a record increase in the number of first and upper-second class degrees awarded. Provisional figures...
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Law school trio united against fee increases
The School of Law at the University of Westminster is one of the most highly rated in the country, gaining a 5 in the latest research assessment exercise. The views of the head of law, Andy Boon,...
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Next week
News Loan arranger: the student loans company moves up a gear Features Religious cults and science: what is the attraction? Postgraduate mental health: is enough being done to support PhD students?...
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UK chemistry goes off boil
Caroline Davis reports on how we measure up to the challenge of innovation. The UK has a distinguished history of groundbreaking research in chemistry and an excellent international reputation for...
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Hefce plan threatens RAE-style nightmare
Caroline Davis reports on how we measure up to the challenge of innovation University managers were warned this week that plans to measure the impact of so-called third-stream funding activities...
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Britons get top marks for enterprise in tough times
Caroline Davis reports on how we measure up to the challenge of innovation The UK is the most innovative of the world's larger economies, according to new European Commission data. The 2002 European...