Know for whom the bell tolls
Two new books out this month - from the left and the right - warn that higher education must act now to shore up its foundations before it is overwhelmed by a tide of ill-prepared students and...
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Tables warning
League tables of qualifications should carry a Government health warning, a leading educationalist will tell conference today. Professor Roger Murphy, outgoing president of the British Educational...
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Quality plan defies minister
Higher education heads have overruled Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in their proposals for a unified quality regime. Members of the joint planning group for a...
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Hot air
It is always enjoyable to poke fun at politicians' poor grasp of science and Sir Ron Oxburgh, president of the British Association, has provided the latest example. In his presidential address to the...
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Malaysia makes quality sales pitch
Malaysia is tinkering with the idea of bringing state and private universities in line on degree accreditation in a move designed to further its ambition to become a regional centre of academic...
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Indian students not left in lurch
I write in response to your disingenuously headlined lead article ("Overseas PhDs in UNL row", THES, September 6) regarding the position of four PhD students wishing to transfer to the University of...
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Clearing increase
Clearing has been busier than ever this year but the number of people accepted by institutions has remained stable. Of the 1,5 applicants placed by the start of this week, 31,084 had gone through...
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Professions offer helping hands
Accreditation systems used by professional bodies could be a model for a new quality regime in higher education. A national survey by the Higher Education Quality Council found that professional...
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Norman's conquest
This week's alumnus to be proud of No. 66 plans to cast a considerable shadow over The THES on evenings from March to October. Norman Foster, whose 400-metre Millennium Tower would be about one...
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All aboard! FE future rides on the buses
Institutions in the south west are creating a united front - but they are not necessarily all doing the same thing. Competition for further education students is fierce in the south west. Many areas...
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Black pioneer quits Spelman
Johnnetta Cole, the black woman college president regarded as one of the most influential figures in higher education as well as a champion of the needs of black students, is to leave Atlanta's...
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Schooled in the art of learning
Perhaps my view of the central purpose of an English university first degree is overly simplistic: to facilitate and encourage the transformation of a person from being reliant on being "taught" (in...
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Discipline hearing
Pavel Buchler, head of Glasgow School of Art's fine art department, faces a disciplinary hearing following a seven-week suspension on full pay. Mr Buchler was suspended at the end of last session on...
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Probe into books storage
Fears that the nation's written heritage is under threat have led to a survey on how libraries and archives preserve their books and documents. The British Library's Research and Information Centre...
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Gin sling
Strathclyde University is spotlighting one of its own alumna to be proud of, Tory MP Jacqui Lait who recently became the first woman appointed to the Whips Office since it was established in 1621....