Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: David W. J. Gill Age: 42 Job: Senior lecturer in ancient history and subdean, faculty of arts and social studies,...
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Strapped in for comfort
Slipping bra straps could be relegated to history with the invention of the StrapTrap. The device was invented by Hilda Varley, who was shortlisted for the British Female Inventor of the Year award,...
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MRC to revamp image
Colin Blakemore, the Oxford physiologist whose brushes with animal rights activists have made him one of the best-known scientists in Britain, is to be the next chief executive of the Medical...
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End RAE, demands Royal Society
The Royal Society is calling for the government to scrap the research assessment exercise in favour of a "profile-based system". Increases to the selectivity of research funding will have "serious...
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'Pointless' new code worries scholars
The academic community reacted with anxiety this week as funders announced their controversial code of practice for research, writes Anna Fazackerley. The code calls for formal external accreditation...
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Queen's v-c to retire
Sir George Bain, vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, since 1998, is to retire next summer. Canadian-born Sir George, an industrial relations expert who chaired the review of firefighters...
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Social work shake-up
Service users are to help shape the new social-work degree, health minister Jacqui Smith told a conference on the future of social work education and training this week. Universities will be provided...
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New Beacon winners
The Learning and Skills Council has announced three college Beacon Awards winners. Bridgewater College in Somerset and Loreto College in Manchester jointly won a Beacon for innovation in improving...
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Gabriel polls users
Gabriel, the web-based service of the European National Libraries, has launched an online questionnaire in a bid to inform its development. It is a gateway to holdings of 41 European National...
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Durham in cuts row
A row has erupted at Durham University over plans to axe the counselling studies department, part of the School of Education. Students have accused the administration of refusing to discuss the plans...
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Genes and health study
Manchester University is to host the £45 million UK Biobank project, which will use 500,000 DNA samples to analyse how genes and lifestyle affect health. Volunteers aged 45 to 69 will donate blood...
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Devil's advocate ignites row...
Education secretary Charles Clarke has initiated a fundamental debate about the purpose of universities, amid continuing controversy over remarks he made last month in a speech at University College...
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...as Tories back course cull to finance plans
Thousands of honours degree places could be culled under Conservative plans that may cut the number of universities by reallocating funding for less academic courses, shadow education secretary...
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In the news: PowderJect
An Oxford University spin-off this week claimed to be the first UK biotech start-up to pay a dividend to shareholders. PowderJect Pharmaceuticals announced its second year in profit. Revenues have...
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Appointments
• Lewis Perinbam, a former senior adviser at the Commonwealth of Learning, succeeds H. Ian Macdonald as chair of the board of governors. He is the second Canadian to hold the post. • Jill Macleod...