Controversial college returns
A private medical college that was forced out of a business partnership with King's College London over its misleading academic claims is now holding classes at King's teaching hospital, St Thomas'....
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V-cs urge launch of e-résumé for pupils
Vice-chancellors have called for the early introduction of electronic student transcripts covering all of a sixth-former's achievements to help universities choose between the best-qualified school...
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Union: stress drives lab workers to drink
Stress at work is driving some laboratory technicians to drink, according to a union survey. Insufficient time to do jobs properly and the dilemma of juggling quantity and quality were among the main...
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'Spend spare £30m on pay rise'
Welsh funding bodies are sitting on about £30 million that could be used by cash-strapped universities to cover academic pay rises, nationalists have claimed, writes Tony Tysome. Plaid Cymru Welsh...
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Making sure fraternite is not just for the boys
When is a beard 'Islamic' or 'Hassidic'? Ruth Morse navigates a course through France's choppy cultural waters. Photographs of the veiled victims of French authoritarian school regulations have...
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Jobwatch: Be part of a new wave
Hertfordshire University is looking for 31 staff, including heads of marketing and tourism, in its push for expansion. Chris Johnston looks at the requirements of an institution on the rise...
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Who got that job?
Luc Bovens Professorship in Philosophy, LSE Job advertised in The Times Higher September 12 2003 For someone interested in the links between philosophy and economics, the London School of Economics...
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In memory of my late mum: my late essay
Students offer many explanations for tardiness. Mike North asks how lecturers can tell which excuses are fictional and deal with the offenders. If there's one thing students excel at, it is creative...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Stuart Campbell asks teachers how they manage. Name : Valerie Boyle Age : 50 Job : Senior university teacher and learning resources manager, department of...
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Walkabout Poms raise Oz profile in academy
Backpackers' growing interest in the Outback is fuelling an expansion of Australian studies in the UK, writes Paul Hill. The Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, based at King's College London, is...
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Dyslexics are 'more likely to get a first'
Dyslexic students may be more likely to achieve first-class degrees than their peers, a study has suggested. Researchers charted how undergraduates with dyslexia performed in 2001-02 and 2002-03 and...
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'I never saw it as a disability'
Facing an obstacle such as dyslexia may motivate students to achieve more than their peers, according to James Lloyd. Mr Lloyd, 25, was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of ten. He received extra...
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RS quells bias rumours
The traditionally male-dominated Royal Society moved a small step closer to equality last week when it appointed four female fellows. The society announced the appointment of 44 fellows - one of the...
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Women told to find 'lab of their own' to succeed
Forget textbooks and scientific role models, struggling female scientists seeking inspiration should turn to the novelist Virginia Woolf, according to Julia Goodfellow, chief executive of the...
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Eye on enterprise and global reach
Oxford and Wolverhampton represent opposite ends of the league tables. Claire Sanders and Tony Tysome visit them in search of common ground Get off the train at Oxford and the university's Said...