Entry test tackles class bias
Evidence that university admissions tests can help talent-spot sixth-formers across social classes is expected to emerge from a UK exam group, The Times Higher has learnt. Figures due to be published...
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In the news: Simon Eassom
Concern that "gene doping" will be used by athletes to enhance their performance in the Olympic Games has been officially recognised, thanks to Simon Eassom, head of De Montfort University's School...
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Appointments
* Stephen McNair , professor and director of research at the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and head of the School of Educational Studies at Surrey University, has been appointed...
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Staff angered by failure rule
Universities are taking controversial approaches to combat student failure rates to the dismay of staff Middlesex University was accused this week of compromising exam standards by setting a " de...
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'Greek Becks' lacked looks
A St Andrews University expert in ancient athletics has uncovered evidence of an Olympic hero from the second century AD, the David Beckham of his day in terms of his sporting success and celebrity....
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Women doctors still hit academic glass ceiling
Women are severely underrepresented in senior academic positions in medicine, despite increasing numbers in the medical profession as a whole, academic medics have warned. Women are a "precious...
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Head resigns as 93% do not pass course
Universities are taking controversial approaches to combat student failure rates to the dismay of staff The head of a department that saw 93 per cent of this summer's architecture finalists fail...
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Former dean spills the beans on TVU's fall from grace
The dean at the heart of the management meltdown that led to the naming and shaming of Thames Valley University six years ago as Britain's first failing university, has bounced back with a "best-...
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Next week
GOLD RUSH Will sport scientists help Britain's Olympic swimmers to bring back gold? Also A glass act: Brian O'Callaghan looks at two histories of stained glass Edward Hopper: Stephen Farthing reviews...
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'Kafkaesque' contracts
The Association of University Teachers has accused managers at Nottingham University of "bullying and intimidating" staff into signing local contracts that could cut their earnings by thousands of...
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Debt burden now £12k
Graduates shoulder an average debt of £12,000 by the time they leave university, according to a survey by NatWest bank. NatWest said that, thanks to rising student loans and overdrafts, the average...
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Relief for volunteers
Students may get debt relief from the Government if they spend their gap year doing voluntary work in their communities or public services, it was reported this week. Although the Government declined...
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Cash for evaluation
Napier University has won a £195,000 grant from the Scottish Executive to evaluate its Working for Families pilot projects. These aim to help parents in deprived areas to overcome barriers to work...
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QAA queries Cornwall
Cornwall College gave better marks to students in building studies than their work merited, the Quality Assurance Agency said this week. The QAA found that "assignments are sometimes graded above the...
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Scots institutions face population time bomb
Scottish colleges and universities are sitting on a population time bomb, education expert John Field has warned. Professor Field, director of Stirling University's Division of Academic Innovation...