Aston to open specialist engineering academy
Plans for the first university-led technical college in the country have been unveiled.
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Review says financial reserves are too low to assure long-term future
But unions complain that information provided is of little use for pay talks, writes Melanie Newman
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CIHE: not the right time for new university towns
The UK higher education sector will struggle to remain world class if the Government spends public money creating new university centres in Britain's higher education blackspots.That is the warning...
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Bittersweet birthday cheer
John Ashworth wonders whether Cara's 75th anniversary is really a cause for celebration or a reason for reflection
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How can we measure the quality of research without quantity data?
The lack of an intensity measure could dent confidence in the outcome of the research assessment exercise, says Brian Cantor
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Daytime TV: Time and emotions
Gary Day on the physics of time, lonely women flirting with youth, religion, and the aftermath of flu
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Top 20 countries in geosciences based on citations per paper
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998-31 August 2008
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A matter of opinions
Is student-centred learning a sound practice based on mutually respectful shared scholarship or a managerialist fad that fails to stretch the brightest? John Gill weighs the arguments
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So what do you do ..
In social situations, topologists and biophysicists alike find that their enthusiasm for their discipline is not always infectious. Matthew Reisz reports
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11 December 2008
Chattering classes - Student-centred learning is built on sharing opinions, but is it just faddish babble?
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Performing Class in British Popular Music
A case study on musical performance takes us into rarely charted waters, finds Martin James
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The Art of Lecturing: A Practical Guide to Successful University Lectures and Business Presentations
Parham Aarabi's slim volume is intended to be a practical guide to giving enthralling lectures to an internet generation with reduced attention spans, but even as a member of the Channel 4 generation...
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Watching the Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's World Audiences
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-03) was a global phenomenon that dominated screen culture in the early years of the 21st century. On a national level, an entire country, New...
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Book of the week: The Atom and the Apple
A physicist's stories captivate Chris Sachrajda