Findings: No Nile flood, no Kingdom
Scientists have found the first direct evidence that could explain the sudden fall of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, one of the best organised civilisations the world has ever seen. The Egyptians relied...
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Goldsmiths is under QAA fire
Goldsmiths College cannot demonstrate that its degree results are fair or "defensible" because it lacks control over marking, and runs two different assessment systems, say quality watchdogs. The...
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Ambitious Scots 'must reward valuable staff'
The new president of Scotland's Association of University Teachers today challenged government and management to give academics greater support in meeting the nation's needs, writes Olga Wojtas. Tom...
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A racy remedy for PhD writers' block
A University of Strathclyde academic has come up with a way to complete that unfinished PhD over the weekend - learn to write 1,000 words an hour. Rowena Murray of Strathclyde's Centre for Academic...
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Northwest tops student choice
Trendy Manchester and other parts of the Northwest of England are more popular places to study a degree than London or Oxbridge, a study has found. The Northwest attracts more students from outside...
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English shun Scotland
The number of English students coming to Scottish universities has dropped by almost 11 per cent, with many apparently fearing that they have no chance against a flood of Scots attracted by student...
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E-tutor of the year 2002: Stars pull out all the stops for screen test
Entries to the E-tutor of the Year 2002 competition indicate old universities are catching up with newer institutions in the take-up of e-learning, according to the panel of five judges, writes Pat...
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US schools discover you can bark...and bite
On the eve of the UUK conference, The THES looks at lobbyists here and abroad When the US Congress raised the maximum federal grant for university students this summer, it was a triumph. This was not...
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Chips off old bloc find their own voice
British universities are splintering into different lobby groups along the old binary divide, a move that threatens to undermine the body that in various forms has represented them since 1922....
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Nigerian lobbyists use old and new
When the University of Ibadan announced recently that it could no longer pay salaries or pensions to retired staff because of a lack of funds, the Nigerian government, under pressure from the media,...
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Italians launch research funds
The University of Padua and a local industrialists' organisation have set up a system of investment funds that is expected to raise €25 million (£16 million) to finance research. The scheme will also...
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ߣߣÊÓƵ's campus revolution rolls on
Six months after the ߣߣÊÓƵn government announced a review of higher education, followed by seven discussion papers setting out proposals for change, staff must now wait a further three months to...
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Rule boost for Malay students
A merit-based selection system introduced this year has resulted in more Malays gaining university places, according to Malaysian higher education department chief Hassan Said. The figure for Malays...
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Freshers' week for radicals recycles the traditional antics
Politically active Montreal students managed to distract almost 200 freshers from the usually inebriating and unconcerned fresher activities for first-year students last week with an alternative...
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In the news: Simon Lee
Simon Lee has spent most of the past decade fighting to keep the word "university" in the title of his institution. Having recently won the battle to keep the name Liverpool Hope University College,...