Focus on history: The case for popularisation
Tristram Hunt, lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and presenter of English Civil War series on BBC2 "It is enormously important for history to play a role in the media, partly because it...
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Whistleblowers: Student seeks full fee refund from Glasgow
A postgraduate student who is dissatisfied with the level of service he received on his Glasgow University course is seeking a full refund of his £3,000 fees. Mature student Allan Strang enrolled on...
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Whistleblowers: Almost 40% fail to comply with race laws
Almost 40 per cent of universities and colleges are in breach of new race relations legislation, according to a report from the Commission for Racial Equality. The report, Towards Racial Equality,...
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Youth bias threatens economy, experts say
If higher education does not widen its perspective from a focus on a young undergraduate student body, the economy could suffer, education experts have said. The warning came at a seminar held...
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Collider requires £2bn partner
The Large Hadron Collider, a £1.5 billion particle accelerator, will need a £2 billion machine to examine the discoveries it makes, the head of the European Committee on Future Accelerators will say...
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Asian studies cuts may hit anti-terrorism effort
University cutbacks have led to the loss of specialist knowledge of Asia, which is undermining diplomatic efforts to combat terrorism, say academics. A third of institutions that conduct research in...
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Theatre targets disabled learners
A degree course that provides pathways to careers in the performing arts for people with severe learning difficulties will be launched next year with National Endowment for Science, Technology and...
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Wilkie case referred
Oxford University has referred the case of Andrew Wilkie to its disciplinary panel, known as the visitatorial board. Professor Wilkie's dislike of Israeli policy led him to reject an Israeli student...
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Ride the high-tech wave and surf into the future
Charles Clarke urges universities to innovate and embrace e-learning to prepare students for the 21st century The generation who grew up with the internet, emailing and text messaging is now in...
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Gary Day
Dumbing down, quantity versus quality? If you feel a Victor Meldrew coming on, remind yourself it's not the world that's decaying, it's you Either Russell Grant or some group of policy advisers - the...
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Don's diary: Novice to grandmaster in two short years
June 2001 They are interviewing me for the position of lecturer: "So, when are you intending to submit your PhD thesis?" I shuffle uneasily in my seat before replying: "Erm, sometime in September."...
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Long and the short of it
Delegates at a recent conference hosted by Scotland's Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning have solved one of those tricky questions that has troubled thinkers for years: how long is a piece of...
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So is that all clear, then?
So much for the new, improved "light-touch" quality assurance regime that was supposed to herald a new era of public accountability. The first of the new audit reports - on University College...
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Getting into the medieval groove
Greg Walker, a professor of medieval English at the University of Leicester, has got into the groove to assess the literary merits of the latest club mixes. He has reviewed the lyrics to some trance-...
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Mist clears to reveal new name
Next week sees the culmination of the lengthy but thrilling - and costly - consultation to decide on a new name for the merged University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of...