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Why did the historian cross the road? Joe Moran stands up for the value of studying quotidian acts such as road crossing and bus queues. Plus The prophet of democracy: the life of Alexis de...
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Overtime hours drop
Teachers and lecturers are doing less unpaid overtime than in the past but still do the highest amount of extra work of any profession. According to the Trades Union Congress, teachers and lecturers...
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Dundee boosts income
Dundee University this week confirmed survival plans to secure an additional £6.85 million income over the next three years, to return to financial surplus, through a series of job cuts and new...
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Northern media project
A new consortium of 15 universities has formed to exploit the benefits of the BBC's planned move to Salford. The universities, led by Salford University, have been given £500,000 by the three...
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Private campus plan
University and College Union leaders have condemned plans for a private university in Northern Ireland. Griffith College Dublin this week unveiled its plans to open a 5,000-student Belfast campus...
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Musical chairs
Trinity Laban, the UK's first Conservatoire of Music and Dance, announced the appointment of Derek Aviss and Anthony Bowne as principals this week. Mr Aviss was formerly deputy principal and latterly...
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£4.5m Cetl herds best in vet teaching
Cutting-edge techniques will help to revolutionise veterinary medical training at the Live Centre. Olga Wojtas reports. A £4.5 million veterinary education centre is set to transform how vets of the...
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Union bans candidates' photos to aid facially challenged
Officials have banned photographs of all candidates standing for election to posts at the University and College Union amid concerns that voters may be swayed by a candidate's looks instead of their...
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Fall in students puts medical research at risk
Academics issued severe warnings about the future of medical research in the UK this week after it was announced that applications for physiology, anatomy and pathology degree courses plummeted by 18...
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Succeeded as a writer, now time for plan B
One of the UK's greatest modern authors talks to Tony Tysome about fulfilling his first secret ambition Something unexpected dawned on Martin Amis as we sat down to discuss his appointment as...
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LSE expands to accommodate growth in student numbers
The London School of Economics is to construct a multimillion-pound building as student numbers shoot up. The £63 million New Academic Building will house four lecture theatres, 16 seminar rooms and...
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London trio to award their own degrees
The London School of Economics, King's College and University College London confirmed this week that they planned to start awarding their own degrees, raising new doubts about the future of the...
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Dear Martin,
Fay Weldon, who became professor of creative writing at Brunel last year, offers her new professional colleague some personal tips on teaching. You start out rather doubtful about whether creative...
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Private doubts
Half of the public believe that more privatisation in UK universities would damage standards and harm Britain's international reputation, according to a new poll. The poll, from YouGov and the...
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Green campus
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week opened a £34.7 million student residence at St Andrews University, which managers claim to be the most environmentally friendly in the country. The David Russell...