Have attitudes changed?
Peer observation of teaching is being held up as the next big quality tool. But will staff want to score one another? The THES reports. I recently studied the introduction of peer observation in...
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Judging teaching in FE
Peer observation of teaching is being held up as the next big quality tool. But will staff want to score one another? The THES reports. Susan Orr, teaching and learning coordinator at the London...
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Analysis: Watching me watching you
Peer observation of teaching is being held up as the next big quality tool. But will staff want to score one another? The THES reports. Universities anxious to convince inspectors that their teaching...
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Whistleblowers: Conflict of interest row over councils contract
'Mr Pullan is said to be concerned that while employed as the research councils' coordinator, Dr Metcalfe played a lead role in drawing up the CRAC's bid for the new contract' Allegations of a...
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Cambridge hunts chief to 'take grip on governance'
Cambridge University has begun the hunt for a new leader who will determine whether the ancient university can carry on competing with the global elite. This week the university set up an advisory...
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VLT eyes up a dark horse
Astronomers have been able to catch a glimpse of the most distant galactic neighbourhood discovered by taking a peek through a gravitational "porthole". Their findings are helping to illuminate what...
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Stem cell cure works on mice
Scientists have delivered the first therapeutic cloning gene therapy in work that further raises the prospect of the controversial technology sparking a revolution in medicine. The experiment was...
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Housing to attract staff
Subsidised housing for university staff is being considered by Brunel University in a bid to attract the best recruits. Steven Schwartz, who became vice-chancellor last week, wants to develop...
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'Increase clout of regional authority'
Learning and skills should become the responsibility of beefed-up regional governments, according to a Liberal Democrat blueprint for devolution in England. Party members, who met in Manchester at...
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FE fraud runs to 'millions', says skills council Investigators are probing dozens of fraud cases involving millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money in further education colleges and vocational training...
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Danes appoint critic to green think-tank
Denmark's environmental scientists have been thunderstruck by the appointment to a new environmental think-tank of a statistician known internationally for his critical approach to "phantom problems...
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Italians plead for research funding
Three of Italy's most respected academics have published an open letter to education minister Letizia Moratti and treasury minister Giulio Tremonti appealing for more financial support for scientific...
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Finn postgrad plan approved
Finland's polytechnics are to offer postgraduate degrees for the first time. A total of 53 degree programmes were submitted for a pilot assessment last October, but just 21 were approved. The...
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Spain 'drags its heels' over university reforms
Spain's government has pledged that education will be a priority during its presidency of the European Union, but it stands accused at home of dragging its heels over university reform. Education is...
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Students share gripes
Austrian students are being invited to contribute to the "longest letter of complaints in the world", which they plan to send to the country's education minister. The campaign has been launched by...