French protest over Bologna
Students are protesting against French higher education reforms required by the Bologna process. The University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, set up after 1968 to accept applicants without...
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Schools focus on English
The Malaysian government has signed a multimillion-dollar six-year contract with a consortium of five foreign universities to prepare prospective schoolteachers of English, writes Geoff Maslen in...
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Even refs dabble in a little foul play
Our RAE-driven culture is turning peer review into an unfair game, says Tim Birkhead Peer review is the cornerstone of scientific enterprise. The entire system of academic publishing relies on...
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Is trouble all that they can spell?
There may be many reasons why students are difficult and disruptive. Harriet Swain finds that getting to the root of the problem and then talking about it can go a long way to resolving the issue...
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Great views, good food, lonely work
Name: Maurice Howard Age: Into the fifties Job: Professor and, until recently, head of Sussex University's department of art history. Salary: A personal chair four years ago and I did not make huge...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I teach core healthcare studies nine hours a week and have done so for five years at a...
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Sex quiz to prove fair play
Staff should divulge their sexual orientation and religious beliefs to help universities demonstrate that they do not discriminate against them, a conference will hear this week. The equal...
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London Met staff hold protest during QAA visit
Staff plan to refuse to invigilate exams at London Metropolitan University from next week, in an escalation of the dispute over employment contracts, writes Alison Goddard. Members of lecturers'...
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Who got that cash?
It sounds like Q's latest gadget for James Bond: a tiny spy plane the size of a cigar that can reconnoitre in confined spaces. But aerospace expert Rafal Zbikowski of Cranfield University, at the...
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Boycott will do nothing to change Israeli policy
Rather than leave academics out in the cold, Baruch Kimmerling says scholars should reach out to all colleagues in the Middle East The Association of University Teachers voted last week to boycott...
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Gary Day
If the parties want to get disaffected academics and students to the polls, perhaps they need inspiration from the Bard Are you thinking what I'm thinking, that the election is very boring? I'm fed...
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Election do's and don'ts
Any students thinking that they can get away without voting on May 5 are in for a shock. Kat Fletcher, National Union of Students president, and Hannah Essex, vice-president, are plotting a whistle-...
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Learning project punctures
A big round of applause must go to Dudley College's Trevor Brazier. Last week, he won a Colleges Innovating with Business award - and £10,000 for the college - for his work developing a dedicated...
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Super-union seeks super name
A tiny core of activists at the Association of University Teachers' annual conference in Eastbourne stood firm against the tide of support for a merger with lecturers' union Natfhe. Someone suggested...
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Thongs can only get better
Someone claiming to be John Hood, Oxford University's new vice-chancellor, is registering his thoughts in a new web log, or blog. Having complimented a senior female member of staff on her handlebar...