A very peculiar British practice
Hopelessly flawed assessment traps UK research in the past, says Robin Hambleton Over Easter, I leafed through a copy of The THES on a visit to England. Before taking up a position as a dean at the...
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How I became Ms Motivator
Universities can stop students dropping out by considering their goals, says Rosanna Breen Motivation is my thing. In my maths A-level class, my friends and I sat at the back of class chatting while...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Murray Fraser Age: 44 Job: Professor of architecture, University of Westminster. Salary: When taken from all sources...
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E-learning expert castigates UKeU for 'wasting taxpayers' money'
The government-backed UK eUniversities Worldwide was attacked this week by one of Britain's top e-learning experts. Steve Molyneux, director of the Telford-based Learning Lab, said he was shocked by...
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Next week
Down to business Angels fly to the aid of university spin-offs Rise of the undead Meg Barker looks at the growing attraction of vampirism in modern culture Les Choix d'Henri Cartier Bresson Andrew...
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RAE protest grows
Four more academics have joined the protest over the further concentration of research. Some 34 panel chairs from the 2001 research assessment exercise have threatened to withdraw their help in...
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Trinity under fire
Oxford University Student Union has criticised plans by colleges, spearheaded by Trinity, to raise rents. Trinity plans a 57 per cent increase over four years, adding more than £4,000 to student...
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Rise in teacher trainees
The number of graduates applying to do teacher training in Britain is up 15 per cent on last year, according to figures released this week. The Graduate Teacher Training Registry statistics show the...
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V-c elect injured
Alison Richard, Cambridge University's vice-chancellor elect, is recovering from a riding accident. Professor Richard, provost of Yale University, had her spleen removed after falling from a horse...
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Alliance for nursing
Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian universities are investigating setting up a joint school of nursing that could open in September 2004.
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Doctors unprepared
More than 40 per cent of newly qualified doctors say that their medical training did not prepare them for work as a pre-registration house officer, a study by Oxford researchers published in the...
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Don't cut industry tie, Scots urge executive
Scotland's university principals are pressing for lifelong learning to be kept alongside enterprise under the new Scottish Executive. In last Thursday's Scottish parliamentary elections, Iain Gray,...
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Net may help voters
A St Andrews University computer science postgraduate is assessing the potential of e-voting to help avoid a repeat of the disappointing turnout in the Scottish elections, writes Olga Wojtas. Tim...
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Hodge warns of UK brain drain threat
Universities are being seriously weakened by the international brain drain, higher education minister Margaret Hodge warned last week. She told delegates at a science conference in London that...
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Sars hits Chinese intake
Thousands of Chinese students whose English-language tests have been cancelled due to the Sars crisis may have to defer taking up places for a year unless UK universities take over the process, the...