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MMR vaccine study disputeWakefield sues BMJ for libelThe former doctor whose discredited research linked the MMR vaccine to autism has launched a libel suit against the British Medical Journal....
MMR vaccine study disputeWakefield sues BMJ for libelThe former doctor whose discredited research linked the MMR vaccine to autism has launched a libel suit against the British Medical Journal....
The despair over unemployment that sparked the Arab Spring continues to dog graduates in the region. David Matthews reports from a British Council conference in Morocco that aimed to find solutions
Hefce says that record levels of spare cash prepare the academy for the new fees regime, but as new policies for allocating student places bed in, we might need to reassess its future financial...
The University of Wales was brought down by validation, its money-making machine. David Matthews asks how that happened, how others might be stopped from putting cash before quality and whether the...
The Government made a "fundamental mistake" in its plan for the future of higher education by painting a picture of a consumer-driven student experience, the head of the Higher Education Academy has...
Students rate the feedback they receive in further education colleges, writes Rebecca Attwood
A flurry of movement at the top ranks of universities in mainland China caught the public's attention towards the end of last year.Among those to move were Zhou Qifeng, former president of Jilin...
An acclaimed Portuguese artist who taught printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art for 35 years has died, aged 76.Bartolomeu dos Santos, known as Barto, started at the school as a student in the...
The report in last week's Times Higher Education that Lancaster University professor Geraint Johnes had been reprimanded for data protection breaches after responding to a mother's complaint about...
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Social engineers seem to infest universities but are curiously absent in public schools. How strange
Foundation degrees and college powers are no threat to sector, minister tells Rebecca Attwood
V-c says government funding should be used to 'transform lives', reports Rebecca Attwood
CANADASTUDENT 'PLAGIARISED' VIA FACEBOOKA debate about plagiarism and collusion has arisen after a Canadian student was accused of cheating via Facebook. A first-year computer engineering student at...
Fledgling commercialisation departments in New Zealand's universities are overtaking their North American counterparts in the number of spin-off companies and patents they produce. Figures compiled...