Plato tells students how not to copy
Warwick University has become the first institution to pay a one-off fee for a site licence to use a new interactive e-learning program to teach its students, particularly undergraduates and those...
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DfES claims pockets empty
Spending on education in future would be "tight", the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education and Skills warned this week, confirming fears that universities stand to gain little from the...
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WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT ACADEME? Enjoying intellectual freedom, making new discoveries, sharing expertise with young people - we reveal what inspires you about being an academic PLUS Howard Davies and...
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A degree of honour
Laurie Taylor, academic, broadcaster and Times Higher columnist, is to receive an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, from Leicester University, where he graduated with an MA in sociology in 1967....
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Get connected
UK companies are being held back by a disconnection between graduates and employers, according to a report published this week by Demos and Orange. Graduates feel out of place in firms that struggle...
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Welsh cash boost
The financial state of Welsh universities improved significantly in 2004-05, according to a Higher Education Funding Council for Wales report. Only Swansea University and the Royal Welsh College of...
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Correction
In our article "£25 million for language centres" (June 9), we omitted to mention that University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies is the lead institution in the...
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Brunel pays out to settle race row
A university manager who was unfairly dismissed has won an undisclosed sum out of court, writes Phil Baty Brunel University has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former senior manager who...
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Unesco body puts words before weapons
An alternative to academic boycotts as a way of resolving conflicts comes a step closer this weekend when the UK's National Commission for Unesco is inaugurated at Nottingham University. The...
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Most staff would pursue pay at students' expense
A poll shows that about 66 per cent of academics are in principle prepared to take industrial action over wages even if it affects people's studies. David Jobbins reports Almost two thirds of...
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Rank and file accuse union negotiators of selling out
A 'vote no' campaign is growing, as is a call for resignations, says Phil Baty A campaign to persuade lecturers to reject the 13.1 per cent pay deal is gaining momentum amid claims that union leaders...
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Docking stand-off could stall ballot
Plans for a national ballot on last week's pay offer could be knocked off course by local disputes over the return of docked wages, write Tony Tysome and Phil Baty. Although it is official policy of...
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Metrics deliver a costly blow to the elite
The Times Higher provides an exclusive analysis of how the Government's proposed funding models would hit the sector Changes to the funding regime could deplete the coffers of some top universities....
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Research cash models are fair, Rammell insists as he dismisses pitfalls
Research selectivity has gone far enough, the Higher Education Minister said this week. In an exclusive interview with The Times Higher , Bill Rammell launched a firm defence of the Government's...
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Angry v-cs slam timing of exercise
The 2008 research assessment exercise will go ahead - but the Government aims to start introducing a new system only one year after it is completed, writes Anna Fazackerley. The fate of the 2008 RAE...