Morag Shiach has won a Leadership Foundation fellowship to help her research on teaching performance Morag Shiach's interest in teaching performance stems from her own experiences in the field. "When...
* The winners of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education Fellowship awards are: Morag Shiach , vice-principal (teaching and learning), Queen Mary, University of London; Caroline I nglis, human...
An academic's error has led to a fierce debate on what constitutes plagiarism. Phil Baty reports An expert on student plagiarism has himself been accused of copying material "verbatim" from another...
Bored by the thought of Mission: Impossible 3 ? Can't bear to see The Da Vinci Code ? Then how about Oxford University's DVD of its degree ceremony on May 6 at 4.30pm? Oxford has just launched a...
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...
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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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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...