University Centre Folkstone: Reason to stay in Kent
A centre billed as the "UK's newest university" opened this week. University Centre Folkestone, a collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Greenwich, is...
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Birmingham City University: Students mock rebranding
Hundreds of students have joined forces online to mock a university's new name. The group on social networking site Facebook is titled: "We hate the name Birmingham City University." The institution...
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University of Liverpool: Chimps keen on cultural exchange
Chimpanzees exhibit socially learnt cultural behaviour previously thought to be unique to humans, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found. In the past, behavioural differences between...
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The one in-a-trillion shot at glory
Scientists from Manchester Metropolitan University have identified what they say are the 23 genetic variants that enhance athletic performance.The research, published in The Journal of Physiology,...
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Fees 'do not buy' a guaranteed degree
Draft 'contract' aims to spell out students' academic obligations, says Melanie Newman
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Staff seek damages over move to local contract
Edge Hill University is facing legal action from about 80 of its academic staff after all employees were moved on to a local contract in 2006.The academics have filed claims for compensation against...
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Overseas briefing
Kenya: Post-poll violence shuts universitiesUniversities in Kenya have postponed their opening dates, fearing that students and academic staff might be caught up in the post-election violence that...
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Australian sector asks for cash to compete with US
Universities seek more funding to try to keep pace with the global elite, reports John Gill.
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Reprimand for Keele lecturer over open letter
Rebuke for criticism of management sparks debate over freedom, writes Melanie Newman.
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Policy watch
Degree standards: More top marks expectedThe traditional system of degree classifications was due to come under further pressure this week with the publication of the latest data on degree results....
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Defining the undefinable
Roy Harris takes a quizzical look at what it means to live in a dictionary culture when we question its apparent certainties.
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QAA to enlist students to audit quality
Plan to add undergraduates to inspection teams is proving controversial, writes Rebecca Attwood.
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No lectures for reclassified 'researchers'
Undergraduates have been redefined as "researchers" and will be given fewer formal lectures under a new teaching strategy at the University of Gloucestershire.Academic staff at Gloucestershire will...
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Spending spree on RAE stars may spark cash crisis
Universities face financial squeeze. John Gill reports.
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The week in higher education
Students come in for a hard time in the press this week. On 2 January, in a letter to The Daily Telegraph, Geoffrey Sampson of the University of Sussex, railed that the UK higher education system had...