Flagship institute set to ask for more cash
Chancellor Gordon Brown's flagship project linking Cambridge University with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will have to ask the Government for more cash, despite previous assurances that...
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Budding stars get full picture
Higher education landed a starring role in the British film industry this week with the launch of a network of academies to train everyone from set builders to movie moguls. Skillset, the sector...
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Winchester success boosts bids for university status
Four higher education colleges are on the home straight to gaining university status following news that University College Winchester has succeeded in its bid to become the University of Winchester...
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Anglo-Saxon roll lists every king and Bugga
From Abarhilda to Zacharias, every recorded Anglo-Saxon - and every fact recorded about them at the time - gets a mention on a new research database that promises to shed more light on England in the...
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Legal threat over course 'chaos'
Salford University faces the threat of legal action from up to 139 senior public-sector professionals over its handling of their masters degree courses. Professionals, including National Health...
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Letting learners mark the teachers
Olga Wojtas reports on Scotland's trailblazing quality-assurance system It is a concept that might send a chill down the spines of some lecturers: the student quality inspector. But this, in the land...
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What to do when it's the lecturer who's missing classes
"How would you deal with a lecturer who keeps missing classes and does not seem to know much about his subject?" the student representatives at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen were asked. Tackle...
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V-cs fight to keep autonomy
More than 70,000 foreign students are enrolled in offshore programmes run by ߣߣÊÓƵn universities, but vice-chancellors are resisting federal government demands for tighter control of their...
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Nigeria gets tough on overseas providers
Nigeria's National University Commission has declared all foreign university satellite campuses illegal pending approval of guidelines governing their operation. The guidelines will require the...
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...I'm too busy multitasking
A red-faced Maria Misrajust can't seem to finish her new book. And after racking her brain for a reason, she concludes... Earlier this month, the Sam Johnson prize for non-fiction, for which I was a...
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Develop a career - not a clone
As a mentor, don't look for adoration or for someone to follow in your footsteps, says Harriet Swain. You need to guide, support and listen to your student to help them find their own way in academe...
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Distance tutor in a close-knit team
Name: Pat Beaton. Age: 52. Job: Tutor on the distance-learning course in the department of volun-tary sector studies at the University of Wales Lampeter, teaching interpersonal skills for volunteers...
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Ask The panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am a black lecturer in an old university. I feel that my line manager treats me...
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Who got that job?
Thomas Kirchmaier, lecturer in strategy, Manchester Business School. Advertised in The Times Higher , January 14, 2005 Thomas Kirchmaier took up his post at Manchester Business School after a two-...
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Duo win plaudits in race policy review
Two universities are among the top ten most improved public institutions for race equality and ethnic diversity in a UK-wide equal opportunities benchmarking exercise. Teesside University ranked...