Cull makes St John's fair game
St John's College, Cambridge, is under fire for deciding to cull its Canada geese. The college said it had received complaints about the geese gathering in its grounds and disturbing the working life...
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Ubiquitous cheating
Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic University in New York State have been taking advantage of the use of laptops to cheat in exams, invigilators have discovered. A report on the virtues of "...
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A solo stand against the trend
As the trend for collaborative, interdisciplinary team-working sweeps the nation, Martin Kemp, professor of the history of art and a fellow of Trinity College, University of Oxford, has his work - as...
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This laureate's a no-brainer
Why did the scarecrow win the Nobel prize? He was out standing in his field.
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Don's diary: Sites for lifelong unlearning and stamps
Thursday Anish Kapoor remains at the top of the hit list for the fifth month running. His name in a search string leads more internet users to my website than any other, which is a bit frustrating as...
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Why I... have no regrets about having left academe
Mark Kleinman. Head of the Housing and Homelessness Unit at the Greater London Authority The conference facilitator suggested introducing me as an "ex-academic". That didn't sound right. "I think it...
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Gridlocked by transfer
The lack of institutional lines of command can stall collaborative projects, says Peter Coveney. Academics today find themselves under considerable pressure from a number of different demands,...
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Why we're all theorists now
There was never a time 'before theory'; there can't be a time after, argues Alastair Renfrew. Theory, it seems, is dead. The eager obituaries, which began to appear in the late 1990s, roughly at the...
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Great expectations for postgrad literacy
Whatever the changes in higher education, grumpy old academics still crave the write stuff, says Tim Birkhead. One of my early PhD students was the most charming, highly motivated and sharpest...
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Jobwatch: Business savvy required
University College Northampton hopes to reposition itself with a post that bridges academia and the commercial world, while the University of East Anglia seeks 'deal-makers', Pat Leon reports....
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The man who brought teaching in from the cold
Graham Gibbs' extensive research into the theory of education has nowbeen rewarded with a prestigious appointment at the Oxford Institute. Pat Leon reports. In January 2004, Graham Gibbs, guru of the...
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Teaching:On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Geraint Johnes Age : 45 Job : Professor of economics and director of the Graduate Management School, Lancaster...
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Tories stand by pledge to abolish tuition fees
The new Conservative leadership remains committed to abolishing tuition fees, although it is looking again at how the policy would work, it was confirmed this week. Tim Yeo was appointed shadow...
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Research reveals a hidden epidemic
Almost one-third of newly referred hospital outpatients are suffering symptoms that cannot be explained by any recognised medical condition or disease. The extent of this hidden epidemic has been...
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Who got that job?
Jill Manthorpe, 48. Job advertised in The THES , February 7 2003 Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit School of Social Science and Public Policy King's College London King's College...