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QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY: Ofsted, QAA to work togetherThe quality watchdogs for schools and universities have joined forces in a partnership designed to reduce red tape. Christine Gilbert, head of...
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Astronomers await city ruling on night lighting
A ten-year dispute over the University of Cambridge's plans to floodlight an athletics track is due to come to a head this week.The planning department of the Cambridge City Council is set to give...
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Wilmut knighthood enrages former team
Ex-colleagues petition Buckingham Palace for honour to be revoked, writes Zoe Corbyn.
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Number of staff entered for RAE rises by 12%
The number of academics whose work has been submitted for the research assessment exercise has increased by nearly 6,000 compared with the last exercise in 2001, figures from the Higher Education...
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The week in higher education
- The press took a number of different positions on a research report on university admissions by the 1994 Group of smaller research-led universities on 23 January. The Daily Telegraph reported that...
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Researcher fears moral bankruptcy
The focus on market-driven wealth creation within academic research is "morally bankrupt" and leaves academics feeling like prostitutes, a professor of physics at the University of Nottingham has...
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UK begins to rival US in popularity stakes
Perceived safety and high standards help to make Britain a top student destination. John Gill reports.
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Britain falling behind, says Dearing
Author of 1997 higher education review fears Whitehall's 40 per cent participation target is too low. John Gill reports.
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Big expansion plans to take city by storm
Two-year degrees at heart of Gloucestershire goal to win 6,000 more students, writes Melanie Newman.
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Hyslop gives Scottish universities £10m extra
Scotland's universities are to receive an extra £10 million this coming financial year on top of their budget settlement, the Scottish Government has announced.There was widespread dismay in the...
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Champion of students back to set agenda
Treasury adviser and former NUS leader heads new National Student Forum. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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Morgan succeeds Triesman in advocate role
Baroness Morgan of Drefelin is to replace Lord Triesman as Minister for Students.The 46-year-old, one of the UK's youngest peers and former chief executive of the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer,...
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Flexible working
By Diane Gilhooley
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Editing a doctoral thesis
The first draft is only the start of the writing-up process for a PhD thesis. Editing, revision and a careful look at presentation are key to producing good work.
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Liverpool Hope University
Ron Geaves has been appointed professor of the comparative study of religion. He was formerly professor of religious studies at the University of Chester.