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.
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Swansea University
Julia Terry has joined the School of Health Science as a mental health nurse tutor.
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Swansea University
Dr Justine Howard has joined the Centre for Child Research as senior lecturer and programme director in childhood studies.
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Anglia Ruskin University
Stefan Reichal, a visiting student, has won the Mechatronics award of Upper Austria for a thesis on the subject of total hip replacements.
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University of East-Anglia
Helen Murdoch has been appointed equality and diversity manager, and joins UEA from the University of Bradford where she worked in the equality and diversity unit. Â
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Hot papers in pharmacology and toxicology
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997Â31 August 2007
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New god joins theology degree
"We will not be moved." That was the fighting response from our university's Theology Department to last week's claim in ߣߣÊÓƵ that theology has no place in a modern university....
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Viva España
Unlike the UK, Spain happily invests in the best, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto.