Affirmative action gets a lease of life
The US Supreme Court has backed race-based admissions, which universities say they need to maintain diversity on their campuses. The decision's potential impact on American higher education is huge....
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Correction
The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, was wrongly called Cardiff Institute in The THES league tables of May 18.
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Higher education appointments
University of Strathclyde Kenneth Miller , professor in the law school, has been appointed deputy chair of the Central Arbitration Committee by the secretary of state for trade and industry, for a...
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Higher education awards
Anglia Polytechnic University Shahina Pardhan , the new Chair of Clinical and Experimental Visions Sciences at APU, has been awarded the Asian Woman of Achievement Award. Professor Pardhan received...
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Latest UK news
Small rise in applications A slight recovery in applicants to universities and colleges was announced today. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service recorded a 1.1 per cent rise in...
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Latest international news
Bush nominates chair for humanities agency US president George W. Bush has nominated Bruce Cole, professor of fine arts at Indiana University at Bloomington, as chairman of the National Endowment for...
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From today's UK papers
The Guardian A study commissioned by the Metropolitan police from South Bank University into the relationship between drugs and crime has cast doubt on Home Office policy and led senior officers to...
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Counting cost of City fire
Damage caused by the fire that raged through City University last week could cost up to £6 million to repair, and it may be 18 months before all departments return to normal. The fire started in the...
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Scots heading for exam fiasco encore
University admissions officers fear a fresh Scottish examination results crisis in August following the Scottish Qualifications Authority's unexpected reinterpretation of the Data Protection Act....
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Prince's arrival is threat to housing
Current St Andrews University students face missing out on expected hall of residence places because of an influx of new entrants attracted by the imminent arrival of Prince William. But St Andrews...
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Italy to bridge Arab divide
Philosophy lecturer Armando Plebe dreamed of a higher education bridge across the Mediterranean to promote understanding, cultural enrichment and trade between Europe and the Arab world. The dream...
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Well-positioned Malta enjoys its status as first global learning hub
An internet-based university is to start operating courses from Malta that are aimed at spreading expertise on information technology communications, especially to developing countries. Online...
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Medicine facing a crisis
Universities are facing a medical staff crisis that could jeopardise the expansion in medical schools announced as part of government plans to save the National Health Service. "Vice-chancellors have...
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Suits you
Kay Henderson, who is in her final year of fashion design at Nottingham Trent University, won the Royal Society of Arts fashion design award and the John Lewis Travel award.
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Union campaigns to scrap QAA
Lecturers' union Natfhe is to campaign for the abolition of the Quality Assurance Agency after delegates to its annual conference launched a series of attacks on the inspection regime. Closely...