First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a celebrated memoir: "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to...
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'Stand up for free speech' - Rammell
In a robust defence of academic freedom, Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell has spoken out against "no platform" policies, while calling on universities to clamp down on violent extremism, writes...
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'It's an opportunity to play a leadership role in a different
Durham's St Mary's College welcomes its first male principal: a researcher passionate about teaching. Philip Gilmartin is stepping into a new and pioneering role when he becomes the first male...
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On the move
Ed Corrigan , former head of the department of mathematical sciences at York University, has been appointed principal of Collingwood College at Durham University and professor of mathematics. He...
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Staff loyalty key to Hefce report
Lecturers and researchers must 'align with strategic needs of their institution', not merely with their discipline, says leadership committee. John Gill reports. Academics must develop loyalties to...
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Glittering prizes for academe
It has become the highlight the academic calendar was crying out for - the annual Times Higher Awards ceremony. About 1,200 entrants and guests were expected to join us at the Grosvenor House Hotel,...
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Students to be 'change agents'
If further proof were needed of the rise of students as consumers, one group of leading UK universities has made championing the student experience a matter of policy. In a statement issued this week...
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Christian colleges: our higher purpose
Council of Church Colleges and Universities debates its role in a changing world. Melanie Newman reports. Christian universities are divided over the role that their religious mission should play in...
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Abertay turns to project learning
Abertay Dundee University is shifting almost a third of its teaching budget from traditional lectures into project-based learning, writes Melanie Newman. The university's draft corporate plan...
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Joint negotiation deal
Employers and unions this week agreed single-table higher education pay bargaining. The Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff, which met on Tuesday afternoon, also agreed a timetable...
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Partners on screen
UK universities have won more than £500,000 in European funding to encourage collaboration between film schools. Three of the ten successful bids were led by UK higher education institutions: the...
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Broadfoot helms study
The Economic and Social Research Council has appointed Patricia Broadfoot, vice-chancellor of Gloucestershire University, as chair of the body overseeing the governance of the new UK Household...
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Monkey business
Oxford Brookes University's MSc in primate conservation has been recognised with a Queen's Anniversary Prize. Students and lecturers on the course have discovered more than ten primate species since...
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Empty plate, full heart
The next time you work through your lunch break, spare a thought for Tasleem Shakur of Edge Hill University, who is fasting for 16 hours a day. Dr Shakur, senior lecturer in Natural, Geographical and...
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Cancer research cash
Researchers at University College London, Oxford University and the Institute of Cancer Research are to spend £5 million developing a new ultrasound technique to treat abdominal cancers. The team,...