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The Higher Education Academy has announced the names of its first senior fellows. Fourteen academics have been recognised as providing outstanding leadership in teaching. They are: Michael Bramhall...
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Hefce unveils 'high-risk' plan
Strategy for expansion of 'business-facing' higher education could leave employers and institutions overstretched. Rebecca Attwood reports. Millions of pounds will be ploughed into a "high-risk"...
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Coffee rings are not best marks
Academics at the University of the West of England have been warned about the dangers of providing students with "subliminal feedback" after one undergraduate complained when her essay was returned...
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Scotland urged to debate fees
One of Scotland's leading champions of widening access has urged the Scottish Government not to rule out the introduction of tuition fees as part of its review of higher education, writes Tariq Tahir...
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Martial music
The life and times of the first Duke of Wellington were explored through songs of the 18th and 19th century at an annual lecture at Southampton University. Folk legend Martin Carthy broke new ground...
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Expert warns 'naive' British
Professor tells universities to beware being 'sucked in' to agreements with Chinese. Melanie Newman reports. British universities should stop viewing China "through rose-tinted spectacles" and see it...
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Academic support increases alumni giving
"Academic champions" are the key to successful university fundraising, delegates at The Times Higher 's first major management conference heard this week, writes Melanie Newman. Liesl Elder, director...
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Data to aid global recruiting
The British Council has launched a new weapon in the global battle for international students amid concerns that demand for UK courses may be peaking. The council has unveiled a new global data-...
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Medical advance
A proposal to build a £500 million UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation near St Pancras in London moved closer this week with the Prime Minister announcing that the Government will sell the...
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Partner wanted
St George's Medical School, the only independent medical school in Britain, is considering plans to merge with a university, following a report on its future this week. Royal Holloway, University of...
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UK widens visa options
International students who achieve a UK degree will be allowed to remain in the country for an extra year after graduation, the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills said. Graduates...
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UCU on freedom quest
The University and College Union is consulting on academic freedom and what it means. A discussion document, circulated last week, says: "In the absence of an agreed UCU policy statement, the...
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A worm called Whitfield
A species of tapeworm, new to science, has been named after Phil Whitfield, King's College London vice-principal for students and an internationally renowned parasitologist. The parasite,...
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Innovation merits prize
The £5.3 million Library and Learning Centre at Bournemouth University has beaten 18 other candidates to the Library Design Award, presented every five years by the Society of College, National and...
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Social life high on wish list
Students value good extracurricular activities just as much as high academic standards. Rebecca Attwood reports.