AUT rivals reveal priorities
The three contenders to be general secretary of the Association of University Teachers have revealed their policy priorities. The executive's official candidate for the £70,000 job, current assistant...
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Universities resisting efforts to hold them accountable, Bichard says
Universities instinctively resist attempts to hold them accountable over academic standards, said former education chief Michael Bichard. Sir Michael, in his first major public speech since stepping...
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Universities should become talent-spotters
Universities should become talent-spotters in a reformed 14-19 education and training system that would sweep away barriers to progression and achievement, according to Phil Willis, Liberal Democrat...
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'Cash vital to access ambition'
Much more money will be needed if the government is to meet its manifesto pledge that half of young people should experience higher education by 2010, according to funding chiefs. "Significant...
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Geography praised for 'genuine improvement'
The latest research assessment exercise has shown a "real and genuine improvement" in the quality of geographical research, according to the chair of the geography panel. Richard Munton, professor of...
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Good Friday plan could worsen divide
The Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland could intensify segregation between Catholics and Protestants, researchers at Queen's University, Belfast, fear. Frederick Boal, emeritus professor of...
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Leeds looks for local solution to participation
Persuading non-traditional students to set foot on campus has always been one of the greatest stumbling blocks for widening participation programmes. Lecturers at Leeds Metropolitan University are...
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Oxbridge's old dogs learn new tricks
Revamped systems of governance are the result of a rude awakening for two traditional rivals. Claire Sanders and Phil Baty report Oxford University believes it has the edge on Cambridge University...
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Jet lag linked to psychosis
Jet lag can prompt relapses of psychotic disorders and could trigger new cases in predisposed individuals. A study of 152 foreign tourists admitted to the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Centre in Jerusalem...
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Quitting is a thrifty thought
Willpower is not the only factor that determines the success of those new year's resolutions to stop smoking. Researchers have calculated the exact role of the tax man for the first time. Andrew...
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Journal publishing turned on its head
An independent publishing company has launched a scheme to provide universities with free access to its peer-reviewed journals by charging them to allow their academics to submit papers, writes...
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Sainsbury ups game in play for extra cash
Science minister Lord Sainsbury has promised to put in an "ambitious" bid for cash to the next comprehensive spending review despite economic circumstances being more difficult than for the last...
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Canadian surveys show money matters
Higher-income Canadian high-school students are two-and-a-half times more likely to attend university than their low-income schoolmates, according to statistics. The study, released by Statistics...
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Challenge to closure of Zambia University
Students were turfed off Zambia's main university campus as a new Zambian president was sworn in last week. Academics said it was not a promising sign that Levy Mwanawasa, the first president to be a...
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Mugabe clamps down on student protesters
Zimbabwean student leaders are facing mounting danger from Robert Mugabe's government in the run-up to presidential elections, which are just three months away. Several students who are critical of...