London looks at roads to reform
A group of senior academics is to consider whether the role of vice-chancellor at the University of London would be better served by the heads of its colleges filling the post in rotation in place of...
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Oscar-winning film-making firm Aardman Animations is set to sign an exclusive deal with the University of the West of England to help design degree courses in film animation, writes Chloe Stothart....
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London Met staff win contract fight
London Metropolitan University was last week ordered to pay £160,000 to 23 staff in what is thought to be the first "class action" in higher education for unfair dismissal. An employment tribunal...
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After rent, some are left with little more than a bean
The Sodexho- Times Higher University Lifestyle survey shows money worries preying on an increasingly sober lot of students. Anna Fazackerley reports Students of law may expect to rake in the cash...
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More choose not to booze
The Sodexho- Times Higher University Lifestyle survey shows money worries preying on an increasingly sober lot of students. Anna Fazackerley reports Student life has traditionally been characterised...
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Dreary 'office life' begins early for those who stay at home
The Sodexho-Times Higher University Lifestyle survey shows money worries preying on an increasingly sober lot of students. Anna Fazackerley reports British universities are populated by a growing...
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Financial fears force students to juggle work and study
The Sodexho- Times Higher University Lifestyle survey shows money worries preying on an increasingly sober lot of students. Anna Fazackerley reports Students are working increasingly long hours to...
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Continent's little guys that dare to think big
SMALL EUROPEAN STATES Elite universities are the flavour of the moment in Europe. In their different ways, Germany and Austria in particular are deliberately setting out to create universities that...
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Offering a world-class welcome in the Duchy
A world-class research university cannot be set up overnight - it is the work of generations, according to Rolf Tarrach, rector of the year-old University of Luxembourg. "It would be marvellous for...
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Virtual and tangible goals with a Pyrenean flavour
The US State Department last year issued a note of caution about the University of Andorra, writes Alan Osborn. "The number of students makes it impossible for the university to develop a full...
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V-cs hope new minister will slash expensive red tape
ߣߣÊÓƵ's vice-chancellors are to tackle new federal Education Minister Julie Bishop over what they regard as excessive red tape. University leaders say they have been troubled by over-regulation...
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All 77 of Turkey's rectors risk jail
All of Turkey's 77 university rectors are under investigation by the prosecutor's office after they criticised the arrest and prosecution of a colleague. The state's chief prosecutor confirmed he was...
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Budget gap looms in US
Every state in the US faces a potential budget deficit that is likely to leave public higher education with less financial support than ever as it competes with demands for spending on health care...
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Siena imbroglio
The president of the Italian Rectors' Conference, Piero Tosi, has been suspended from his post as rector of Siena University pending an investigation into alleged abuses in hiring staff. The...
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Corporate raiding made easy
The software company that markets the world-dominant commercial virtual learning environment to hundreds of universities has joined the major league of new technology players with its own title in...