Research adds spice to university menu
Two weeks ago (THES, October 14), we had a vice chancellor of a new university telling us that universities were about teaching and learning. Full stop. Last week, a pro vice chancellor asserts that...
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`Brokers' pocket poll winnings
After poll day came pay day for university "brokers" at German universities who speculated on the result of the country's general election on a stock exchange for voters. In the months running up to...
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German taboo breaks on fees
Student fees are back on the political agenda in Germany -- this time with more support than ever. University rectors from the states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Bavaria prompted the debate last week by...
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Increase of graduates pushes salaries down
New graduates from Australia's universities are being forced to accept jobs in fields which were previously the domain of school-leavers, according to the Graduate Careers Council of Australia. As a...
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Stanford makes deal over fraud
Stanford University, one of America's foremost academic establishments, has made a deal with the United States government over an expenses fraud scandal in which flowers at the university's president...
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Anti-corruption drive in Cambodia
Getting rid of corruption and violence in colleges are two of the main goals of Cambodia's new education minister as he tries to build a functioning education system. Cambodian students have long...
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Sensor sniffs out heroin
Scientists at Cambridge University have developed a biological sensor for detecting heroin which can identify individual particles of the drug measuring just thousandths of a millimetre. The work at...
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Market threatens variety in care policy
The Government's reorganisation of community care is threatening the survival of small care organisations and is based on an oversimplistic view of the public and private sectors, according to...
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Labour banks on credit rating
The commission states: "The challenge for the 21st century is to extend high standards to far more people." Changes in funding: "The present structure and funding of universities simply cannot cope...
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Reluctance to `green' speaks volumes
The "greening" of the higher education curriculum is being resisted because it is seen as a form of political correctness although activists in other areas influence the curriculum unchallenged...
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Unions clash on mergers
A membership war between the two leading trade unions in higher education is set to explode unless a major disagreement over bargaining rights and recognition when smaller institutions merge with...
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Scots unions split on FE package
The future of national bargaining for Scotland's further education lecturers is in the balance, with staff being balloted on a new deal allowing some conditions to be negotiated locally. The Scottish...
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Journey by junk
(Photograph) - Journey by junk: John Stevenson, project director, left, and architect Jasper Jacob help Stephen Cox, Commonwealth Institute director general, play with his toy model of the institute'...
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Loan 'insult'
Douglas Trainer, president of the National Union of Students Scotland, has condemned the CBE awarded to Ronald Harrison, chief executive of the Student Loans Company, as "a sleazy insult." Mr Trainer...