Employers still irked by lack of graduate skills
Business leaders have reiterated concerns about the quality of UK graduates in a new survey.Employers are concerned about the literacy, numeracy and employability of today's students, according to...
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'MTV generation learns through fun'
Dull teaching styles risk losing students to online education, US innovator warns. Olga Wojtas reports
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The course with the Force: training Jedi style
An open learning programme at Queen's University Belfast will feature a course on "How to train in the Jedi way".The university believes it is the first in the UK to offer a course in Jedi - so many...
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Obama would free up work on stem cells
Delight at pledge to lift research restrictions and boost science funding. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Public sector could face battle on price and quality
The rapid expansion of international private universities could leave public universities "caught in the middle", forced to compete on both price and standards.The scenario is raised in a paper...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesProfessor quits in race rowA professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, has resigned from an admissions committee after claiming that officials are breaking rules to admit...
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Kiwi fruits
The University of Auckland may soon become a big draw for UK students, David Baker tells Olga Wojtas
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Appointments
Annabelle Sreberny, professor of global media and communications at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas), has been elected president of the International Association for Media and...
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Freed speech
In an era of media-manipulated ‘reality’, Tara Brabazon is inspired by helping students learn to use oral history techniques to capture genuinely authentic voices
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Resolving employment disputes in the education sector through mediation
By Diane Gilhooley and Michael Ord
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Living the dream
Students' expectations of college life are formed long before they arrive, but blaming them for a lack of realism isn't the answer. Hannah Fearn reports
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Kiss goodbye to freedom
Raymond Geuss foresees a future of strict controls or war over resources. Matthew Reisz meets the radical philosopher and traces his intellectual development
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We're all citizens of Muddleton
Michelle Baddeley discovers our Yucki instincts and Endian tendencies
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Ireland's Misfortune: The Turbulent Life of Kitty O'Shea
I recall at postgraduate seminars at Trinity College Dublin, T. W. Moody, a father of modern Irish history, politely but firmly correcting my reference to "Kitty O'Shea" - "Mrs Katherine O'Shea,...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Manchester
1. Financial Accounting for Decision Makers by Peter Atrill and E.J. McLaney. Pearson Education, £38.99. ISBN 97814058882192. Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation by Steven Penman....