Won't let the sun go down on me
Fielding phone calls at 3am is but one of the challenges facing 'instructors' who preside over the University of Liverpool's virtual classrooms. Yoram Kalman reports. The benefits of the 24-hour...
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Town and gown: The biggest employer but its customers 'are revolting'
Tony Tysome begins our summer series looking at the impact of universities on their local economies and communities. Loughborough University is working hard to convince local residents of the value...
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Town and gown: Gown embraces town but sometimes gets rejected
Tony Tysome begins our summer series looking at the impact of universities on their local economies and communities. Regular travellers along University Road in Leicester may soon witness a symbolic...
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Whistleblowers: Academic claims Seoul credit for others' work
A US academic could face the sack after The THES discovered that he had plagiarised almost an entire research paper on the Korean stock market, lifting data figure-for-figure and falsely attributing...
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Analysis: Highs and lows for higher education under Labour
1990-91 * Institute for Public Policy Research meetings involving several centre-left thinkers conclude that tuition fees and student loans are necessary to fund higher education expansion 1992 *...
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Analysis: Blair passes milestone on rocky road
As Labour marks a record spell in power, Alan Thomson looks at its radical effect on HE After six years and three months, the Blair government will on Saturday enter the record books as the most...
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'Macho' architect schools drive away female talent
University schools of architecture are to be monitored to ensure they do not discriminate against female staff and students, following a hard-hitting report for the Royal Institute of British...
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Duo will snub Russell pay plan
Scotland's two Russell Group members, Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, are not expected to join any moves for separate policy on pay and fees, writes Olga Wojtas. The THES last week revealed...
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Scots say firm 'no' to two-tier system
Jim Wallace, deputy first minister of the Scottish Parliament and minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, has pledged to maintain research funding for all Scottish institutions. Mr Wallace,...
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Tutors told to 'get hi-tech'
Lecturers will have to know how to use new technology and apply it creatively in their teaching, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's draft e-learning strategy, published...
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Findings: Knowing who's the mummy
A baby still in the womb can tell the difference between its mother's voice and that of a stranger, writes Philip Fine. A Canadian-Chinese study may help confirm the theory that the foundation for...
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Findings: Evolution's fishy shortcut
A scientist in the US has unravelled one of evolution's maladaptive mysteries, writes Natasha Gilbert. Philip Stoddard of the department of biological sciences at Florida International University has...
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UK faces struggle to promote extra study
The e-university faces an uphill struggle in convincing British white-collar workers of the need for further study, according to a four-nation survey of 25 to 44-year-olds, writes Pat Leon. Only a...
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Concern over plan for speedy merger
The proposed merger between Thames Valley University and Reading College could be completed in just three months, officials said this week. But lecturers' union leaders have described such a tight...
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Nationalists unwelcome
The University of Belgrade has taken steps to counter lingering Serb nationalism among a minority of its academics who supported former president Slobodan Milosevic. Revelations of the clampdown came...