Bristol reaps rewards of diverse mission
Entry grades and degree results have risen at the Bristol University department accused last year of social engineering by making lower offers to students from poorly performing state schools. The...
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'There is a lot of generalisation about different religions'
Kim Knott researches the religious beliefs and practices of various ethnic minority groups in Britain Kim Knott, professor of religious studies at Leeds University, is about to become director of a...
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On the move...
* Maureen Peters , formerly with the European Diagnostics Products Corporation and responsible for posts in research labs in the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, has been appointed manager...
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Top-up failures could go broke
Some universities could go bankrupt if they insist on charging full top-up fees and do not position themselves correctly in the market, the Higher Education Funding Council for England has warned....
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Dissertations on offer at eBay fuel plagiarism fear
A booming trade in student dissertations on the internet auction website eBay could allow students to defy high-tech plagiarism detection systems, it has emerged. An investigation by The Times Higher...
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Government 'must step in to shore up unpopular subjects'
The Government should offer national scholarships if it wants universities to continue to offer less popular subjects such as foreign languages and physics, according to a leading vice-chancellor....
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What do you think is pure PANTS?
Grinding your teeth over all the publicity for that pretentious new book? Apoplectic whenever you see Tony Blair, George Bush or Alan Titchmarsh? Enraged by the gobbledegook in mission statements,...
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Reporter wins award
Anna Fazackerley, science reporter on The Times Higher , has won the New Business News Journalist of the Year award for 2004. The award from the Periodicals Training Council was announced at a...
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Colleges want fees rise
College heads have called for a higher education-style fees system to help them hit Government training targets, as ministers urged them to charge more for their courses. Further education colleges...
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Prince preaches to AoC
The Prince of Wales has condemned utilitarian values in further education. In a message to the Association of Colleges conference, he complained that education too often focuses on "the costs and...
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Crisis is due to drama
Rising interest in forensic science thanks to television crime dramas has led to a surge in degree courses that "are not rigorous enough", according to a report. The Sector Skills Council for Science...
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Research linked to teaching - official
Research and teaching are "essential and intertwined" characteristics of a university, a high-level Government forum concluded this week. The Higher Education Research Forum, created last December by...
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Students from EU may qualify for UK loans
Hundreds of European Union students living in the UK could qualify for maintenance grants and loans following a preliminary ruling by the European Court last week. Local education authorities will in...
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Unions condemn governance code of practice
Publication of a new code of practice on how universities should be run brought a wave of protest from academic unions this week. The 17-point code, launched by the Committee of University Chairmen...