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HE Trends 2003 Student numbers, government funding and projections, and degree classes. Plus, coverage of the OECD Education at a Glance 2003 report - how does the UK compare? Also Ian Wilmut reviews...
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Outsiders are moving into pole position
As UUK meets this week, Claire Sanders looks at 'non-aligned' institutions. The power of "non-aligned" universities, those that sit firmly outside bodies such as the Coalition of Modern Universities...
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Ex-postie plans to deliver
Top-up fees are a tool for social justice insists new higher education minister Alan Johnson, who left school at 15. In his first major interview, he tells Alan Thomson how they will crowbar working-...
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Prized words on science
This year's THES /Oxford University Press science writing prize was won by Richard Hayward, paediatric neurosurgery consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. His winning entry appears in...
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Cook wants to be alone
Former foreign secretary Robin Cook has complained to Edinburgh city council about the prospect of flats being occupied by students. Mr Cook, who has a flat in one of the city's most affluent areas,...
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SQA chief to step down
David Fraser this week said he would resign as head of the Scottish Qualifications Authority on October 31 for personal reasons. The SQA said Mr Fraser's departure came shortly after the second...
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York conference hit
An environmental protest group has sabotaged a York University biology conference sponsored by biotech giant Bayer, which has interests in genetically modified technology. The protesters are thought...
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All change at Glasgow
Glasgow University's appointment of three of Scotland's best-known writers to a chair in creative writing has ended with the resignation of two of them. Novelists Alasdair Gray and James Kelman and...
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Cancún petition
The Association of University Teachers and Natfhe are among unions, student associations and professional groups that have signed a petition urging trade ministers in Cancún to exclude education...
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Face reflects inner flaws
It seems you can judge a book by its cover. Psychologists have found that antisocial and irresponsible individuals are identifiable just from their photographs. Their findings suggest that the face...
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Call to up cash for careers
Higher education institutions should use more of their wider access funding to boost careers services, according to a report unveiled at last week's conference of the Association of Graduate Careers...
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Media study chiefs pan 'barmy' research focus
Concentrating research funding would be a "disaster" for the emerging field of media studies, subject leaders told The THES this week. The Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association...
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Courses get down to brass tacks
Esther Ingram looks at what's new and of note on the timetable this autumn. Cornetist Thomas Glendenning has brass band music in his blood. For him, like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather...
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FE chiefs air alarm over new degrees
Further education college leaders say there is growing evidence that universities are preparing to "hijack" the foundation-degree agenda to secure the only cash available for expansion. They say...
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Motivational songs invite staff derision
Forget performance-related pay and flexitime, large corporations are increasingly turning to pop and rock music to motivate their employees, writes Tony Tysome. Martin Corbett, a researcher at...