Merger heads may face tests
Senior administrators at Goldsmiths, University of London, are set to undergo psychometric testing as part of the process to select the heads of three newly merged departments.Registrar Hugh Jones...
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Aimhigher's success unevenly distributed
75 per cent of South West's most deprived homes fell outside target area, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Universities treat us as cash cows - and that's bull, say professors
Widespread mismatch of expectations uncovered by findings of 100-strong survey. John Gill reports
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Despair over home students' grasp of English
It may come as no surprise that the explosion in overseas student numbers has brought an element of "lost in translation" to the UK's universities.But if academics have become resigned to dealing...
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Demand for places set to rise sharply over 20 years
Hepi predicts higher numbers as boys get better and all leave school later, writes Melanie Newman
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News in brief
Internet addressesDot-uni domains up for grabsUniversities may soon be able to register their web addresses as ".uni" or ".university" - at a cost. From April 2009, the global internet regulator,...
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20 years ago
Exeter University was this week "considering its position" following allegations surrounding the award of a doctorate to an Arab minister. The affair again raises serious questions concerning...
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Green plan drives residents crazy
University angers neighbours as scheme to cut campus traffic clogs roads, reports Zoe Corbyn
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Overseas briefing
United StatesBand initiation strikes harsh noteThe tradition of "hazing" at US universities has led to the hospitalisation of two students following a violent initiation ceremony in which new...
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UK looks set to benefit from Nigerian student boom
British Council forecasts enrolments to grow tenfold in just five years. John Gill reports
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Mumbai attacks could hit overseas partnerships
Although it pales in comparison with the loss of life, there are fears that the Mumbai terror attacks may damage links between India's growing university sector and the West.According to an ߣߣÊÓƵ...
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Jobs, funding and reputations all hinge on the impending RAE results
Some senior level staff are apprehensive at the prospect of negative RAE grades, says Zoe Corbyn
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New UCL grants omit peer review
For academics anxiously awaiting the results of next week's research assessment exercise, it may sound almost too good to be true.But University College London this week launched a scheme to give its...
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The week in higher education
- Drinking games and visits to out-of-town brothels were all part of the student experience at the University of Cambridge in the 19th century, a diary has revealed. The journal kept by Charles Astor...
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Lecturer admonished to 'find the excellence' and lift marks
Psychologist whose grades were raised by examiner tells MPs of grade inflation, says Melanie Newman