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'Hardline' AUT targets exams
The Association of University Teachers is set to plunge universities into chaos by instructing members not to set exams as part of its increasingly bitter dispute with employers over pay. The boycott...
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Public cash to secure future of animal labs
The Government has privately pledged to underwrite the costs associated with new animal laboratories at UK universities after committing up to £100 million to protect the besieged animal facility at...
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'She backed rebels in seeking a more robust code on secondary admissions'
Anne West, an 11-plus failure, blossomed in a comprehensive and now helps shape education policy Since the publication of the Government's Education White Paper last October, research by Anne West of...
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On the move...
* Oxford University has appointed Jonathan Gershuny , professor of sociology and director of the Institute for Social and Economic Research at Essex University, professor of sociology and a fellow of...
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Students feel unsafe at night
Overseas students and women feel most threatened on UK campuses, a survey reveals. Anna Fazackerley reports on growing security concerns Almost a quarter of students feel threatened in their...
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High-fliers keep a close count as bird flu lurks in the wings
Just in case universities felt there were too few league tables in higher education, there is another method of ranking institutions - based on ducks. The website Duck Density ranks universities by...
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Decline in demand will add to pain for underrecruiters
Universities that were penalised for failing to meet their targets for extra student numbers last year may face further problems in the current recruitment climate, funding chiefs warned as grant...
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Overseas students better at English
A senior academic has produced statistical proof of what many lecturers have long suspected: British students are more likely to make spelling and grammatical errors than their overseas peers....
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Parents call for class to start later
Subsidised creches should be available at all higher education institutions and lecture timetables juggled to help students with childcare responsibilities, a study by a Derby University academic and...
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Tag-team policy wrestling with Bill, Boris and Ed
The "big three" higher education spokesmen did battle for the first time in Parliament this week debating the cap on top-up fees. But they looked more frightened of the braying students than of each...
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Equality chief named
Nicola Dandridge has been named the new chief executive of the Equality Challenge Unit, which aims to raise awareness of equal opportunities issues in academia. She is currently the head of equality...
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Welsh gain £33m
Welsh higher education institutions will get an extra £22.5 million this financial year to compensate them for not being allowed to introduce top-up fees until 2007. The total additional money...
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St Hilda's votes for men
Students at St Hilda's College, Oxford University's last all-female college, have voted to allow men in by 55 per cent. The governing body, which must approve any proposed policy change, has set no...