Course cuts attract race equality body warning
University may have failed duty over closures that unfairly hit ethnic minorities. Phil Baty reports The Commission for Racial Equality has warned Birmingham University that it risks legal action...
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Staff promotions spark policy row
The University and College Union has asked the Commission for Racial Equality for "advice and intervention" in a row over equality policy at the University of the West of England, writes Melanie...
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RateUKcourses.com?
Foreign students need a site that lets them evaluate their experience, British Council is told. Olga Wojtas reports Academics could see their departments named and shamed by their students on a new...
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300 sign up to stop lecturer's retirement
When retiring, many academics have to make do with little more than a passing gesture of goodwill from the odd student. But London Metropolitan University lecturer Richard Kirkwood's imminent...
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Profile: Sir Roy Anderson
Sir Roy Anderson comes full circle next year, becoming rector of Imperial College, where he first studied The leading scientist who acted as a key adviser to the Government during the foot-and-mouth...
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On the move...
Four leading scientists have been appointed Royal Society research professors, including two who will move from the US to the UK to continue their work. Richard Ellis , an astronomer from the...
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Access top of Brown agenda
The new premier has pledged investment but what does the sector want? Melanie Newman reports As Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister this week, higher education had been put firmly on his agenda...
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Dearing predicts cap will rise
Raising the current £3,000 cap on tuition fees is likely to be "part of the way forward" for university funding, leading educationalist Lord Dearing said this week. Speaking at a Universities UK...
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Next week
CHAPTER AND CURSE Why academics loathe the Richard & Judy Book Club Plus Exclusive: The Times Higher 's first university quality of life index
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Lord May wins award
Lord Robert May has been awarded the Royal Society's Copley medal for his contributions to ecology and mathematics. Lord May, a professor of zoology at Oxford University and Imperial College London...
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Language initiative
A consortium of six West Midlands universities led by Aston has launched an initiative to address the decline of language teaching in the UK. Designed to challenge perceptions and "encourage young...
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Equality role for Brooks
John Brooks, vice-chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University, has been appointed the new chair of the Equality Challenge Unit. He will replace Janet Finch. Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of...
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Good with numbers
The London Mathematical Society has awarded the De Morgan Medal to a mathematician who developed a problem that has yet to be solved. Bryan Birch of Oxford University has been awarded the triennial...
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Clarification
Owing to technical problems, the end of the article "US rankings opponents struggling to turn tables" ( The Times Higher , June 22) was omitted. The full version can be found at /story.asp?storycode=...
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Chairs still elude female medics
Lack of progress to top posts stirs talk of positive discrimination for women. Melanie Newman investigates Female academics are still underrepresented in the top medical posts, according to the...