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Academy accused of favouring its fellows The government is investigating allegations of "old-boy favouritism" at the British Academy after a storm of controversy over its £2 million centenary...
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Directors snub worthless degrees A survey on student debt reveals that a fifth of company finance directors believe that university degrees are not worth their cost to students. They said that '...
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New evidence links virus with breast cancer New evidence for a link between a virus and human breast cancer has been revealed in a series of studies by Australian researchers. The virus, dubbed...
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Top law courses plan entrance exam The move by universities to sideline A levels gathered pace yesterday as tutors drew up plans for a national test to admit students to law courses. (Times) Call for...
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Oxbridge sets new exam to select the best Oxford and Cambridge universities are turning their back on A levels and reintroducing their own entrance exam papers after being overwhelmed by candidates...
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£6.75m for Thames Gateway project
The University of East London will get £6.75 million as part of the government's community plan for the Thames Gateway, recently announced by deputy prime minister John Prescott. The funding is part...
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Barclays predicts massive growth in students' debts
Student debt is predicted to triple to more than £30,000 by 2010 according to Barclays Bank, writes Alison Goddard. The survey found that this year's graduates typically owe £11,000. The figure will...
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Call to name and shame review flouters
The Royal Society is considering a clampdown on the publication of questionable science amid growing anger over the media storms that such results provoke. A Royal Society review, announced this week...
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Chairman dies at 91
Sir Edward Pickering, who has chaired the company that publishes The THES for the past 14 years, has died at the age of 91. Although not a household name outside the world of journalism, Sir Edward...
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Next week
Is academe ruining your life? Overwork, stress, maternity and paternity rights - academics lift the lid on the work-life balance ALSO Saskia Sassen The globalisation of HE The end of the world is not...
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Giddens: fees scheme is third way all the way
Government proposals for top-up fees repaid via graduate contributions are classic third-way policies, according to the sociologist who devised the philosophy. Anthony Giddens, who will step down...
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Scotland nervous of top-up exodus
England may have to compensate Scottish higher education if the introduction of top-up fees creates a flood of students heading to universities in Scotland to escape charges, an adviser to the...
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Housewives v. academics - who's the weakest link?
Housewives and manual workers may be better at popular quiz shows than academics, according to a recent study. Whether it's Who Wants to be a Millionaire ? or The Weakest Link , non-academics are at...
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Students flock to death-list subjects
Supposedly unpopular academic departments facing the axe or drastic reorganisation at Durham University have recruited very strongly for next year, according to predictions based on likely A-level...