Smart system takes to the road
A navigation system to help disabled people find their way around a built-up environment has been trialled successfully at Newcastle University's city-centre campus. Thirty wheelchair users gave...
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Whistleblowers: Research projects lacked ethical approval
The University of Staffordshire has been conducting research without proper ethical approval. In a document seen by The THES , the university's academic ethics committee warns that "projects that...
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Students may lose in mergers
The National Union of Students' new welfare officer warned this week that university mergers may leave students with a worse deal. Verity Coyle, president of Lincoln University student union, said...
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Joint strategy key to participation
More joint strategic planning between further and higher education is needed if government targets for widening participation are to be achieved, according to a report by the Learning and Skills...
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Welsh surviving on 'wafer thin' reserves
Welsh higher education institutions are facing a cash crisis that will put them at a standstill for the next three years, funding chiefs have warned. They will be operating on "wafer-thin" reserves...
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Students urged to demand pay parity for men and women
Women graduates earn 15 per cent less than men before they reach the age of 24, according to a joint campaign from the National Union of Students and the Equal Opportunities Commission. The "15 per...
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Government initiatives 'are impeding the main purpose of education'
Lifelong learning has been damaged by government initiatives that have stretched resources and produced a complex and confusing system, according to one lifelong learning professor. Frank Coffield of...
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Lifelong learning suffers a setback
Britain has taken "two steps forward and one step back" in its journey towards creating a learning society, adult learning chiefs said this week. Launching its tenth Adult Learners Week, Niace, the...
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Findings: Mummy lied about her age
It was supposed to be the archaeological find of the century - the gilded mummy of a Persian princess. Yet when the first carbon-dating results emerged from the coffin, Wolfgang Kretschmer knew...
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Findings: Droid learns to get in line
Engineers have equipped a robot with the one social skill essential to British society - the ability to queue politely, writes Steve Farrar. The droid uses stereo vision, a sophisticated navigation...
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Royalties bonanza is still up for grabs
Academic authors have failed to claim more than £750,000 of royalties from photocopying. The money comes from the licence fee universities pay to the Copyright Licensing Agency, the subject of the...
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Term-time jobs can be good for students
Students forced to work during term time can gain considerable benefits, such as enhanced management skills and increased confidence, and the negative effects on their academic work are marginal,...
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Cambridge fears 'dictator v-cs'
Cambridge University's plans to hand new executive powers to its vice-chancellor are dangerous and ill-conceived and will undermine its dons' historical right to democratic self-rule, the university'...
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Analysis: Theatre of the absurd
Surgical apprenticeships are disintegrating. So what now, Claire Sanders asks Keeping human and sheep heads in separate rooms is just one of the many challenges faced by Paul O'Flynn, a lecturer at...
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Students take to skis to net prize
Two Edinburgh University postgraduates who hope to create a ski that reacts to the texture of the snow are among 15 student teams in the final stages of competing for a £10,000 business plan prize....