Surveying body in accreditation row
The University of Central England is to challenge the inclusion of anyone involved in the decision to withdraw surveying course accreditation in associated research assessment panels. Peter Knight,...
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Senate hears safety worries
Cambridge University has fallen foul of health and safety watchdogs at least seven times since it admitted losing a package of radioactive material in 1999, its senate heard this week. The university...
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Body parts hysteria prompts reforms
The government has commissioned an inquiry into the management of senior staff working in universities and the National Health Service following the Alder Hey body parts scandal. The inquiry will be...
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Whistleblowers: Hefce chides Middlesex
Funding chiefs have ordered improvements to financial controls at Middlesex University, following more than a year of investigations by The THES . Quality control and employment problems were also...
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Analysis: The first rule of business - cover costs
Why does an academic consultant cost about the same per hour as a plumber? Claire Sanders reports on how universities are selling themselves - and staff - short. Plumbers charge an hourly rate of...
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Don's Diary
Friday Higher education unions' rally in London - excellent turnout - followed by march to Universities UK headquarters to lobby their board meeting. A new chant is initiated: "One, two, three, yuk...
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In the news: Ken Livingstone
Newt-loving Ken Livingstone has extended his affection to lowly paid academics and debt-ridden students. This week, the maverick mayor of London hosted a conference on further and higher education in...
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Run for your money
Michael Driscoll, vice-chancellor of Middlesex University, is to take part in his first London marathon in April to raise money for the university's scholarship fund. Professor Driscoll aims to raise...
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A true sur-viva
A few weeks ago, we heard about students as victims of crime, but what about students as perpetrators? A story doing the rounds - and we do hope it is not an urban myth - suggests that even when...
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Trouble brewing
Under normal circumstances, asking students to "just say no" to beer would be a forlorn hope. But student leaders in Northern Ireland expect widespread support this week as they urge students to pour...
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Glittering prizes
The University of Glasgow has announced the following honorary degrees to celebrate its 550th anniversary. Doctors of the university : HRH Otumfuo Osei Tutu II , king of Asante; former vice-principal...
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Avoid logging on to despair
A sceptical Dorothy Zinberg faces the dark side of internet euphoria and urges a little cyber restraint. Long before the Nasdaq's unexpected 50 per cent plunge almost a year ago, I had begun to...
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Eyewitness: Moscow fears over Cyrillic script switch
Tatarstan, a semi-autonomous republic of the Russian Federation, is preparing to switch the script used for the Tatar language from Cyrillic to the Turkish variant of the Latin alphabet. Next month,...
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World watch
Padua Paolo Pasimeni, the chemistry student son of a 60-year-old chemistry professor at Padua University, clubbed his father to death in his laboratory when his forgery of examination results came to...
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Czechs prepare to talk the EU talk
Czech civil servants are to learn English with the help of a three-year British Council-inspired scheme to promote language skills among officials working on entry to the European Union. "English for...