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.
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Tribunal rules v-c is guilty
A tribunal has found the former vice-chancellor of Brunel University, Steven Schwartz, guilty of victimisation after he publicly implied that two former colleagues had behaved dishonestly, writes...
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NUS looks beyond beer money
A fall in revenue from student union bars is contributing to a major rethink of the role unions play within universities, writes John Gill. According to Matt Hyde, chief executive of the National...
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Teaching institutions draw on smaller cohort for RAE
More academics are excluded, but research establishments are bucking the trend. Zoe Corbyn reports. A strong trend among teaching-led universities to exclude more staff from the 2008 research...
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Degrees of integrity
Nine out of ten business leaders think universities could do more to prepare students for the world of work, a survey has found. The figure was quoted by Miles Templeman, director general of the...
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Intellectual riches
Birmingham University contributes £779 million to the Midlands economy, a study indicates. A report by the university's Centre for Urban and Regional Studies measured the economic impact of the...
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Higher thoughts
The Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council have confirmed that a further £4 million has been awarded to the Religion and Society Research Programme,...
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Sakmann joins Ulster
Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann has joined the research team at Ulster University's Biomedical Sciences Research Institute. Professor Sakmann was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize for Physiology, with his...
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Social science is key
Ian Pearson, the Science Minister, has highlighted the importance of "economic impact" in social science research and stressed that it must interact with other disciplines. At the annual meeting of...
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Rees issues warning
A poor perception of career opportunities in science that sees the best graduates head to the City are among the barriers to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's vision of a thriving economy based on...
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A night to pay tribute to the cream of academe
It was a night to remember for the 1,200 guests at last week's Times Higher Awards ceremony, especially for the winners of the 19 coveted honours. With entries from 122 universities, up from 82 last...
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LSE set to refocus on teaching
Task force to probe student and staff concerns over perceived bias towards research. Melanie Newman reports. The London School of Economics has set up a task force to improve its teaching amid...
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Plan to cut entry mark scrapped
Swansea University has scrapped a plan to lower its English-language entry requirements for overseas students after staff protested that the move was too risky. In an e-mail seen by The Times Higher...