Safe route drove me to distraction
Sue Currell took her students for a spin on the virtual highway, but found some were reluctant learner drivers. I have dreamt of ditching my e-learning L-plates ever since Sir Ron Dearing called for...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Donata Puntil Age: 32 Job: Lecturer in Italian language, literature and cinema; coordinator of the Italian team at...
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Oxford calls for loan plan in vote on top-ups
Oxford congregation, known as the parliament of dons because it gives ordinary academics a voice in university affairs, has rejected a motion critical of top-up fees, writes Claire Sanders. Instead,...
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Whistleblowers: University failed to resolve 'staff conflict'
Liverpool John Moores University forced lecturer Des Smith to resign when it failed to deal with a breakdown of staff relations in its journalism department, a tribunal has ruled. The Liverpool...
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Social science failing its users, report says
An independent review of the state of social sciences in Britain has concluded that while the volume and quality of research is second only to the US, much of the work of economists, sociologists and...
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QAA paves way for benchmarks in medicine
Medicine is set to be included for the first time in an overarching statement on minimum standards in health-degree courses as part of a new quality regime announced this month for health subjects....
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Mickey Mouse professor?
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge, who dubbed courses with high dropout rates "Mickey Mouse" degrees, might like to take a closer look at the University of Cambridge. In last week's issue of...
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* Douglas Tallack , professor of American studies and pro vice-chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nottingham, has replaced Peter Ford as chair of the Universitas 21 steering group....
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Sparkling English nets chic rewards
It may not have been the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, but at least they rolled out the red carpet. The Eltons were billed as the "Oscars for the English-teaching world" by the British Council, which...
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UK urged to review energy research
British investment in energy research and development is "pathetically low", the Commons select committee on science and technology said this week. The committee, which is due to publish its report...
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Vet schools to eye up access
Slaughterhouses will find themselves the subject of an unusual inspection this week as part of an attempt to boost disabled access to veterinary schools. Anne Tynan, director of Diverse, a three-year...
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£8m sport project may boost enrolment
South Bank University has taken over an £8 million National Lottery project to develop sporting opportunities for inner-city 12 to 16-year-olds with the aim of widening university access through...
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Students get a vital quality role
Students are playing a key role in Scotland's radical new quality assurance system, which focuses explicitly on meeting their needs. The streamlined "enhancement-led" system is being implemented by a...
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Book opens on peace
Two Ulster University academics hope they are "opening the door towards peace" with the first book of academic research about the Troubles aimed at a general readership. Owen Hargie and David Dickson...
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Colleges see disaster ahead
College principals have warned the Learning and Skills Council it is in danger of recreating "funding nightmares" of the past, as further education enters the tenth anniversary of its incorporation....