University of Liverpool - Healthy interest in Africa
Scientists from the UK are to work with universities in Africa to strengthen research into science and health on the continent. The University of Liverpool and its Liverpool School of Tropical...
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University of Plymouth - Scholarship ahoy
A new centre will allow members of the Royal Navy to take advanced academic degrees and pursue research. The Centre of Excellence in Naval Oceanographic Research and Education, at the University of...
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University of Cambridge - Languages for youngsters
Experts at the University of Cambridge's Language Centre are giving their support to a national programme aimed at motivating young people to study languages. The centre is a partner in the Open...
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Original features
The University of Gloucestershire's Centre for Active Learning in Cheltenham was designed to embrace a philosophy of collaboration between students and staff.A consultation process in 2003-04 led to...
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How much? Textbook writer stung by permission fees
Professor faced multiple charges for material vital to undergraduate texts, writes Melanie Newman
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Ideological rift divides managers and managed
Frontline academics must find common ground with generals, says paper. Hannah Fearn reports
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Tech-transfer staff match top professors on pay
Directors of university knowledge-transfer offices earn as much as leading professors, a study has revealed.Researchers at Kingston University have carried out the first survey of pay and incentives...
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The week in higher education
Barack Obama displayed his everyman touch when he moved to defuse an escalating race row by inviting a black professor and a white police officer for a beer at the White House. Henry Louis Gates Jr,...
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Management of London Met acted 'blindly', audit says
University denies claim in BDO report that decisions were made recklessly. Melanie Newman reports
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Social work degrees difficult to fail, MPs told
Degrees in social work are viewed as being "difficult to fail" - a reputation that is unacceptable, a select committee of MPs has said.The Children, Schools and Families Committee said that witnesses...
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Seminal research is pulled for plagiarism
The introduction to a high-profile paper was largely lifted from a 2007 article. Zoe Corbyn reports
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PC language police crackdown on staff
Many universities are falling foul of do's and don'ts in their own guidelines. Melanie Newman reports
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Anglo-American report 'imperialist', say critics
A report advising UK and US universities to work together to retain their international primacy has been criticised for its imperialistic overtones.The report, Higher Education and Collaboration in a...
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Standards: MPs upbraid sector
Nine months of evidence-gathering came to this: on 2 August, the IUSS Committee published its state-of-the-sector analysis of higher education. ߣߣÊÓƵ staff report on its findings
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'Crash' looms as graduate supply overtakes demand
Business need for highly skilled workers slows as student numbers grow. Melanie Newman writes