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...
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Armand Leroi gets a glimpse of a bishop's rectum
There is a cock with spurs grafted to its head, testifying to Hunter's belief in transplantation hunterian museum, royal college of surgeons, lincoln's inn fields, london Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-...
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Why I...
The recent spate of biographies of astrobiologist Fred Hoyle has allowed us to ponder some profound questions. Strangely, the question left out of many discussions is the idea, developed by Hoyle and...
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In a spin over fees
The policy roundabout started by devolution shows no signs of slowing, says Stephen Court Devolution has been one of the big new Labour projects over the past eight years, and higher education has...
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Nurses need theory of practice
Nursing education must resist attacks on 'over-academic' training and focus on its successes, says Paul Turner Nursing education has one of the highest political profiles of any area of higher...
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Cap fees, scrap RAE but keep the unions
As our new poll taps the academic mood on campus, The Times Higher joins the main parties' head honchos on education as they tramp the election trail Election 2005 Academics' thoughts on the health...
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Billion-pound boost
UK higher education institutions earned £1 billion more in 2003-04 than they did the year before, figures released this week show. Total income stood at £16.9 billion in 2003-04 compared with £15.7...
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Strike action at Brunel
Staff downed tools at Brunel University this week for a one-day strike to kick off a period of industrial action that will include a boycott of assessment and examinations. The Association of...
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Greening the graduates
A drive to make graduates "sustainability literate" begins this week with the first meeting of a network of education leaders and policy-makers. The Sustainability Integration Group (SIGnet), funded...
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Rossiter appointed
Sue Rossiter, acting deputy director of children's services for Norfolk County Council, has been appointed director of the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). Ms Rossiter, who has a...
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Staff allege 'bullying tactics' at Oxford
Concerns among Oxford lecturers that managers are using "bullying tactics" against staff have prompted a challenge to plans for staff appraisals. Academics in mathematical and physical sciences, life...
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Dear sir:
Several Oxford departments have been using a template for a letter to staff who they consider to be underperforming. The letter begins: "During our discussion I explained that I was concerned that...
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Applicants race to beat the top-up fee heat
The number of students applying for degree places in the UK has grown by 8 per cent this year, official figures confirmed this week. The figures suggest that older students and females are leading...