University grandee reaches for his lawyer
A leading member of Oxford University's governing council has alarmed academics by bringing in lawyers to demand an apology from a college head, writes Claire Sanders. After receiving a letter from...
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'We will be exposing children to a very different description of the world'
Bob Cywinski has won an £80,000 grant to take children down to the atomic level in a pilot TV show Bob Cywinski is set to make child's play of quantum physics with a pilot TV show. "As part of the...
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On the move...
* Leicester University has appointed: Steven Trevillion , former head of social work education at the General Social Care Council, professor of social work; Bernard Barker , a lecturer at the...
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Class is allowed to set exam
Lecturer lets candidates write questions to engender 'trust'. Phil Baty reports on the alternative assessment methods dividing opinion An academic has revealed that he allowed his students to set...
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Disarming fellow cheats death
Someone muttered that it was like being thrown to the lions as Peter Taylor, the man behind a string of websites that provide model essays for students, took the stage to address more than a hundred...
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Gyan doon? Scots specialist finds perfect pitch for lift
A Scots language expert at Aberdeen University has ensured the local accent is on the up - by helping to choose a replacement for the English accent in an Aberdeen hotel lift. J. Derrick McClure,...
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KIDS ON CAMPUS How good is your university's childcare? We compare provision up and down the country PLUS Popes, heretics and crusaders: Medieval studies books special
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Faculty blooms after near-death
Anna Fazackerley takes the temperature at a troubled south-coast university Weeks after narrowly escaping the axe, the chemistry department at Sussex University is set to double its student numbers,...
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Sussex rebels pray for coup
The small, leafy campus of Sussex University looked remarkably serene in the sunshine last Friday. But behind closed office doors the mood was mutinous. The boldest members of staff were adding their...
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Scientists have no time to talk to public
Time pressures are preventing a generation of young researchers from communicating their science to the public, the Royal Society said this week. About 64 per cent of those who took part in a survey...
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Nursing students complain the most
Adjudicator finds health-allied lecturers top grievance list, says Phil Baty Academics in nursing and subjects allied to health face more complaints from their students than colleagues in any other...
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Union blames 'miscalculation' as axe hangs over 35 jobs
Business and languages lecturers at Liverpool John Moores University are threatening industrial action over plans to axe 35 jobs. The university issued a statement last Friday announcing the cuts as...
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V-cs say jobs will go if staff vote 'no'
A higher pay bill will put strain on university funds, writes Phil Baty The growing left-wing campaign against the 13.1 per cent higher education pay offer could cost more academic jobs in a sector...
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Income gains may backfire
Academics who have worked hard to bring in extra revenue to universities need to brace themselves for a tight spending review, according to experts. The leak this week of an early draft of an...
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Durham eyes postgrad market
University 'relies too heavily' on its popularity among undergraduates, reports Phil Baty Durham University is to offer hundreds of new postgraduate places in a bid to rebalance its student...