Standards harder to keep level
Many academics believe standards in broad subject areas are not comparable across higher education and that the concept of a minimum "threshold standard" has little meaning, says a report this week....
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Mala-propisms
Dyslexia seems rampant in Cardiff. First an unfortunate Cardiff Institute of Higher Education rugby player was described as a "scum-half" in the programme for the British Universities Sports...
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Window of opportunity
(Photograph) - Window of opportunity: Members of the public are to choose one of six designs by students at the University of Wolverhampton's School of Art and Design for a stained-glass window at...
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Applied Cymru
One of the fascinations of Welsh universities is the extent of their bilingualism, leading to unfamiliar terminology for familiar functions. As you might expect the Welsh language has its own...
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Bread winner
The punsters have been out in force after Queen's University Belfast decided to team up with Irwin's Bakery to promote lifelong learning via its Armagh campus. The university insists locals are being...
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Yin and Yang
But it is not just the human way with words that entertains us. The Political Studies Association in Glasgow was at the mercy of a berserk computer spellchecker. PSA executive member Jeremy Jennings...
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Puzzling idea
A teeny hint to London Guildhall University as it hunts for spare funds down the back of the sofa. Forget about the silk ties and ballpoint pens that most universities sell to raise cash. The...
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Great shakes
Confronting Glasgow's thugs and criminals is nothing compared to dealing with Edinburgh University's medical faculty. Edinburgh medical physiologist Geoffrey Walsh and Martin Lakie of Birmingham...
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Courting disaster
Also tackling Scottish crime is Alumnus To Be Proud Of No: 45, Terence Russell, sheriff of Kilmarnock. He is unquestionably Scotland's most exciting lawyer. He last week contrived the definitive bad...
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Call to reduce role of reductionist strategy in science
The thinking behind western science that has made its dramatic successes possible has also led to blind spots and should be replaced by a new global science offering radically different approaches...
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Nolan turns attentions to governor pay
Lord Nolan's Committee on Standards in Public Life has denied it is set to call for an end to payments for quango members, including those on the boards of further and higher education funding...
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Warning of worse water pollution
Water supplies in England and Wales are set to become more polluted as a long-term result of the continuing drought, a hydrogeologist predicted this week. A third of our drinking water comes from...
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Security television fit for King's
Aberdeen University is planning a high-tech addition to its historic King's College campus - 11 closed circuit television cameras, writes Olga Wojtas. The university is awaiting approval for the...
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Institute link to be rescued
Commonwealth education in Scotland is being rescued by Northern College of Education, following the Government's axing of the 40- year-old Commonwealth Institute Scotland as part of its budget cuts,...
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Super sleuths fight heavy crimewave
Student super sleuths are springing into action on university campuses around the world in an attempt to combat crime. Last month Southampton University hosted the first international congress on...