How to cogitate beyond the paperboard cuboid
A marketing campaign that pokes fun at academic jargon helped a low-profile Ontario university meet a daunting faculty recruitment challenge. Using some self-deprecating wit, the University of...
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Ice man cometh
(Photograph) - Dennis Skinner, MP for Bolsover, at the launch of a new website about Creswell Crags, a beauty spot in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The site, in Mr Skinner's constituency, is one of...
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Africa must look beyond its borders to prosper
As the G8 countires prepare a development plan for Africa, Francois Rajaoson explains its universities' critical role in the economic future. Africa's universities were principal casualties of the...
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Find what works first
Management in both private and public sectors lacks common sense, says Christopher Grey. The debate about the role of the private sector in the delivery of public services has put management centre...
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Why I... think Big Brother is more than a game show
Big Brother was initially touted as a social experiment, but Channel Four backed off when the notion came under attack. It is not a scientific experiment. There are no controlled conditions. But it...
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Who's watching over science?
A body is needed to remove the risk of pointing out unethical behaviour, say Herbert Arst and Mark Caddick. Suppose while reading a scientific publication you spot data that you have good reason to...
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£30m life raft for sinking few
Funding chiefs are sitting on about £30 million allocated for university places that failed to materialise. The money will stay in the Higher Education Funding Council for England's coffers for the...
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For the record
Charities back away from Nottingham The Association of Medical Research Charities has asked Nottingham University to delete a press release with the headline “Association of Medical Research...
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NEWS Why European Union students are shunning Britain FEATURES Crimewatch UK: Anthony Forde explains why he set up Britain's first degree course in criminal investigation BOOKS The Etruscans: what we...
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Merger of unions back on the table
A merger between the two main lecturers' unions was back on the agenda this week after the Association of University Teachers lost its general secretary, David Triesman, to the Labour Party. Natfhe...
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Report reveals training failure
The Learning and Skills Council has its work cut out to rescue work-based education and training from mediocrity and often outright failure, according to a report by David Sherlock, chief inspector...
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Trainee teachers still overwhelmingly white and female
Universities cannot redress gender or ethnic imbalances among trainee teachers because they have too little choice about whom to take, a top educationist claims. Tables compiled by Alan Smithers and...
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Quality-assurance blueprint puts nail in coffin for TQA
University leaders have won their war against the quality inspectors with a quality-assurance blueprint that strikes a blow for institutional autonomy and all but abolishes teaching quality...
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Campaign to axe fees intensifies
THES reporters look at the distortions caused by the student finance system. The National Union of Students Scotland is stepping up its campaign for fees to be axed and grants reinstated across the...
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Call to help needy students
THES reporters look at the distortions caused by the student finance system. Student finance is "socially regressive" and "complex, confusing and bureaucratic", say the left-leaning think-tank the...