Tech-savvy students want real-life lecturers too, study finds
Universities have been warned not to assume that “digital native” students will embrace all e-learning initiatives, or indeed prefer them to traditional forms of education.
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Police pay £20k to Nottingham student arrested over terror manual
A student who was arrested after downloading an al-Quaeda training manual from a US government website during research for his master’s degree has been paid £20,000 by Nottinghamshire Police in an...
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United StatesCuts call for campus autonomyA US state university system should loosen its control over its 26 campuses, according to a report. The recommendations to the University of Wisconsin, given...
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Sciences Po proves critics of 'priority' scheme wrong
Poor students thrive at elite university and go on to earn more than their peers. Jack Grove reports
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EU is keen to double its funding for Erasmus
Around 450,000 students a year could study abroad on the Erasmus scheme after a funding increase by the European Union.
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Latin America forges Bologna-style links at home and in Europe
EU-funded project will develop affinities between institutions on two continents. Paul Jump reports
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment(NIHR HTA) programme• Award winner: Charles Knowles• Institution: Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry• Value: £529,...
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Flock may change course
Studying abroad is of great value and the cost of UK degrees will shortly become prohibitive. Peter Brady identifies a dangerous mix
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'Huge strains' on the UK pay spine
Ucea chief tells John Morgan that national salary bargaining will be tested in the new fees order
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Economic competitivenessEcosystem of exploitationA business thinktank led by Lancaster University has published its first report. The Big Innovation Centre's Making the UK a Global Innovation Hub...
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Celts lay plans to defend against English border raids
Wales fears losses as Scotland opens coffers in bid to keep its AAB students. David Matthews reports
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Officer class: QAA training for students' unions
Student officers are to receive training on how to comment on their university's quality assurance practices, enabling them to "challenge and shape the quality of teaching" under trebled fees.
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Brunel's academic griot will 'fight dead image of poetry'
Benjamin Zephaniah hopes to get poets performing in his first-ever university role. Jack Grove reports
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London fields of plenty for regional branches
Private-style courses as UK universities look to reap overseas harvest. John Morgan reports
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Stop me if you think you've read this before: self-plagiarism 'misconduct'
Repeating yourself academically may break ethical, copyright rules, says US paper. Andy Wright reports