Feedback survey short of student data
Only half of Canada's universities have agreed to be surveyed for a student satisfaction ranking to be published next month. Maclean's , a weekly news magazine that already publishes a university...
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Guests invite controversy
Graduation ceremonies are being disrupted by protests against commencement speakers, writes Jon Marcus As the commencement season reaches its peak, speakers and honorary degree recipients selected by...
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Cut-price clearing may harbour hidden costs
Universities tempted to offer late discounts to fill course vacancies should think twice, warns Sir Martin Harris There's nothing more irritating than booking the best fare possible for a flight to...
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No deep pockets, no deep thinking
As students balk at buying books, so the horizons of research, study and publishing narrow. Susan Bassnett reads between the lines The Times Higher recently reported that managers in one university...
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Don't be shy, pep up your shelf life
A simple but 'beautiful' colour-coded system is taking the wrong turns out of library navigation. Harriet Swain checks out a scheme dreamt up by a dyslexic student that is unlocking knowledge A...
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Tango your way out of trouble
Name : Paul Rowinski Age : 41 Job : Lecturer in journalism studies, Strathclyde University. Working conditions : Very fair. Background : After several years in the regional press, I became a Berlin-...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I work as a head porter at a university. When I first joined, I had slight hearing loss...
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Who's in, who's out?
ULSTER Pól Ó Dochartaigh , newly appointed to the German chair at Ulster University, is out to destroy the "two World Wars and one World Cup" syndrome that has long dogged his subject in Britain. As...
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Gay academics settle for wage 'consolation prize'
Report suggests that homophobia can damage job prospects, writes Tony Tysome A glass ceiling in higher education is depriving homosexual academics of the promotions enjoyed by their heterosexual...
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Alison Wolf
There are extraordinarily few ways to fund university research. You can leave it to the market and individual contracts with businesses and government departments. You can rely on private...
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Countin' up the dock of the pay
Diary enjoyed the internal quiz circulating the offices of the Association of University Teachers this week: guess which of the following pay-docking scenarios is made up. Answers on a postcard to...
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How to keep a happy Crewe
Is Sir Ivor Crewe, vice-chancellor of Essex University, dusting down his CV? The post of director-general for higher education at the Department for Education and Skills is up for grabs now that Sir...
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A little light humour
How many students does it take to change a light bulb on the campus of a Scottish university? One academic, who does not wish to be named, has come up with the answers At Glasgow University, it takes...
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Mad monk v predictable professor
THE DA VINCI CODE In cinemas nationwide No doubt readers of Dan Brown's bestseller will queue expectantly to see this much-heralded adaptation. But few of those enthralled by the book's breathless...
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A Nobel laureate and Palestinian academics on Natfhe's proposed boycott of Israel
AGAINST 'Israel deserves support' If the lecturers' union Natfhe votes to boycott Israeli academics who refuse to oppose Israel's policies, then it will deserve the moral condemnation of the world....