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  1. It'll do you a fat lot of good

    A university education may be food for thought, but it appears that it can also be a recipe for piling on the pounds. Nicola Samson, a graduate of Heriot-Watt University, revealed to her local paper...

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  2. A Commonwealth conquest

    At the third attempt, the Commonwealth Scholars Eleven wrested The Times Higher Cricket Cup from arch-rivals Rhodes Scholars. The key to victory may well have been the little help the Commonwealth...

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  3. Queen Victoria among the drama queens

    I wasn't holding my head in my hands - I was merely trying to shade my eyes from the spotlights to see who was asking a question the world's most photographed National Portrait Gallery, London, until...

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  5. Just a word before I go

    As David Watson prepares for life after vice-chancellorship, he shares a few tips from the top This week I gave my farewell lecture as vice-chancellor of Brighton University. Looking back over 15...

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  6. A degree is not just about a job

    The benchmark statement is back, and it's still shaped by the market, warns Emma Wisby Subject benchmark statements, brought in by the Quality Assurance Agency to provide national standards against...

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  7. Help them think for themselves

    Academics should resist abusing their positions to influence students' views, writes Susan Bassnett Earlier this year, a pressure group inside the Association of University Teachers persuaded the...

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  8. How to keep a 'clearing' head

    Publication of A-level results brings with it the yearly round of clearing as students rush to secure a degree place to match their final grades. Harriet Swain offers advice on how best to manage the...

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  9. Dead keen and dreaming of disaster

    Name: Gina Conti-Ramsden Age: 48 Job: Professor of child language and learning, School of Psychological Sciences, Manchester University. I tutor students interested in language, lead a research group...

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  10. Ask the panel

    Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have just been appointed a junior lecturer. My university insists on a three-year...

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  11. Who's in who's out?

    SUNDERLAND When Jim Smith steps down from his Department of Health post as chief pharmaceutical officer in August, he will take up a full-time chair at Sunderland University's School of Health,...

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  12. Ucas tests training to aid admissions

    Seventeen universities and colleges have signed up to trial a national training programme and qualification for admissions staff being developed by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service....

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  13. Scots duo sharpen competitive edge

    Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt universities have this week jointly advertised 20 posts for their pioneering research partnership in engineering and mathematics. This is the type of innovative...

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