Syrian students fee waiver urged
Ministers have written to Universities UK to urge the sector to waive the fees of Syrian students who have been impacted by the country’s civil war.
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New Uclan vice-chancellor appointed
The University of Central Lancashire has appointed Gerry Kelleher to become its vice-chancellor when it moves to a new corporate-style group structure later this year.
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Get students to ‘follow the herd’, says behavioural expert
A writer on human behaviour has urged universities to encourage herd behaviour in their attempt to attract students rather than deploying rational argument.
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THE podcast: World Reputation Rankings
Podcast Powered By PodbeanOn 4 March 2013 Times Higher Education published its annual World Reputation Rankings. Phil Baty, THE rankings editor, talks about the methodology, the findings, and the...
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Baroness Morris calls for university-school collaborations
Universities and schools should collaborate more on classroom techniques to drive up standards in teaching, according to a senior Labour peer.
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Barred lecturer issues UAE warning
The United Arab Emirates is now “deeply inimical” to university values, according to a lecturer from the London School of Economics and Political Science who was barred from entering the country.
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University of Birmingham strikes called off
Two planned strikes over compulsory redundancies and performance management at the University of Birmingham have been called off.
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Michael Gunn elected Million+ chair
The vice-chancellor of Staffordshire University has been announced as the new chair of the Million+ group of post-1992 universities.
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Student visas fall by a fifth
The number of visas issued to overseas students has fallen by a fifth although applications for university student visas have increased by 3 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Office...
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Time and motion studies
Not only do medieval travellers’ tales provide students with a compelling account of history rooted in personal experience, they also promote cross-cultural understanding in the present day, argues...
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Becoming Sexual by R. Danielle Egan
Mary Evans discusses moral panic and girls’ sexualisation
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News in brief
AustraliaIndian pipeline running dryThe number of Indian students starting at Australian universities has dropped by almost a quarter, according to government body Australian Education International...
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Campus round-up - 28 February 2013
Fitting imageWhen Will Brooker, head of the film and television department at Kingston University, visited a comic shop recently, he “felt very alienated by the way female characters are all pin-ups...
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THE Scholarly Web - 28 February 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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From Where I Sit - Adapt, survive and thrive
Growing up in Australia in the 1950s, I was often asked what I would do when I left school. As a child who lived and worked on a grape and orange farm that my family had created in the middle of...