Give staff voice to spread word on good practice
A proposed teaching academy can unite institutions and faculty to promote excellence, argues Cliff Allan The higher education landscape is changing as a result of the recent white paper and policy...
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It's now or never to bring on Bologna
As the EUA conference gets under way in Bristol, David Jobbins reports on European integration Europe is rarely high on the agenda for British universities but 2003 is the exception. It is the crunch...
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Gary Day
'What if you don't fancy "servicing the local economy", a phrase that makes what's probably a respectable activity sound like an arrestable offence?' The government wants academics to quit what they...
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A chance for Birks to shed label
Students at Birkbeck College will get the chance next week to rid their institution of their unfortunate "Birks of Birkbeck" label by becoming the champions of University Challenge 2003, writes...
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Who won't keep mum on where to study?
Students should dig deep for a special present this Mothering Sunday as research has revealed that mums have transformed the university applications process by becoming dedicated researchers for...
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Over-30s ditched in push towards goal
Over-30s will be lost to higher education in the government's drive to reach its target of getting half of all 18 to 30-year-olds into higher education by 2010, the Mature Students' Union has warned...
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Finding: Effects of drug abuse persist
Regular abusers of cocaine and amphetamines could continue to experience impaired brain function and slower bodily movement up to a year after abstaining from the drugs, research has found, writes...
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A din set to fall on deaf ears
Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry
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The expert appliance of a people science
Psychology at Work
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The apple of our eye
The Cambridge Companion to Newton - On the Shoulders of Giants - Newton
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Coming to terms via a test of tolerance
Parallels and Paradoxes
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A diabolical deal that still endangers democracy
The Final Frontier
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What Wittgenstein and Warhol had in common
Elijah's Cup
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Turn around to find who you really are
Strangers to Ourselves
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If only Mr Blair were a bonobo
On Not Being Able to Sleep