Call for anonymous marking
Students at the University of Leeds are calling for anonymous marking of all students' work after it emerged this week that some departments think the procedure is impractical. Emma Rabin, Leeds...
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QAA tries to satisfy funders
Quality chiefs are set for a show-down with the British funding councils over final plans for the new quality assurance regime. Public accountability appears to be at the heart of the disagreement....
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Beware patent trap, universities told
Universities keen to get a share of the big money being pumped into new scientific initiatives are being urged to beware of the legal pitfalls surrounding research exploitation. The government is...
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Don's Diary
Monday The worst part about working on archaeological excavations is leaving friends and family for months at a time. During my flight to Turkey this year I miss my meal and they lose my bags. Not an...
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In the news
The tag "poacher turned gamekeeper" has dogged Diana Warwick ever since she became chief executive of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals just three years after quitting as general...
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Pretoria
Kader Asmal, a former Trinity College Dublin law professor and human rights activist, has become South Africa's new education minister. He is the second academic to head the ministry since the...
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On the move
Peter Williams, chairman of Oxford Instruments Group plc and president-elect of the Institute of Physics, has been elected master of St Catherine's College, Oxford. He will succeed Lord Plant of...
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Glittering prizes
John Kenneth Galbraith, professor emeritus of Harvard University, will receive the honorary degree of doctor of science from the London School of Economics on Monday. Liverpool John Moores University...
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Eye witness
In an increasingly global market, students are often bewildered by similarities between the names of the universities competing to recruit them. ߣߣÊÓƵn students can be excused for confusing the...
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Votes for a brighter future
From the world's newest democracy, Neil Kemp and Geoff Evans report on the state of education in Indonesia. Indonesians were spoilt for choice in this month's elections. Ballot papers listed no fewer...
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Rome
Italy's equal opportunities minister, Laura Balbo, has called a meeting of university rectors and higher education ministry senior staff to press for the introduction of gender studies within history...
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Oz gets tough on drop-outs
The ߣߣÊÓƵn government is expected to adopt a tougher line with the nation's universities over the high drop-out rate among their students and the cost this imposes on the taxpayer - and the...
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US enlists tell-tale drink law
American universities have a potent weapon in their war on students who drink under age or use illegal drugs on campus: they can legally tell the student's parents. New government regulations allow...
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Climbdown over tuition fee rise
Mexico's National Autonomous University (UNAM) has backed down over a plan to impose higher tuition fees and has suggested that increases be paid voluntarily. University rector Francisco Barnes de...
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Responsibility for Bett rests with the Treasury
Last week the prime minister, Tony Blair, called for increased recruiting of overseas students. Was this coincidence? Overseas students have been one of the main sources of salvation for British...