RAE sequel looks strangely familiar
REF consultation shows new assessment model does not represent a radical departure from its predecessor. Zoƫ Corbyn reports
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Bone professor faces GMC probe
Lead author falsely claimed āfull accessā to data in study funded and co-authored by Procter & Gamble. Phil Baty reports
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Becoming a teacher is ātoo easyā, says think-tank
Demos report argues that the one-year PGCE is too short and has unacceptably low entry criteria. Melanie Newman reports
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Unannounced UK Border Agency inspections
This column has previously considered the UK Border Agencyās (UKBA) new points-based immigration system and its potential impact on educational institutions. Before the introduction of the points-...
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Cut student support and raise fees to preserve quality, says CBI
Task forceās call for āuncomfortableā choices is condemned by the NUS and the UCU. Hannah Fearn reports
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Itās the stupidity, stupid
A course on āthe most powerful determinant of human destinyā strikes a nerve with the American media. Jon Marcus reports
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Standards chief criticises MPs over ācomplacencyā claims
But IUSS member replies that attacks on the Students and Universities report are āspurious nonsenseā. Hannah Fearn reports
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Shock horrors or sound science?
After defending science reporting against Goldacreās āunremitting focusā on missteps, Drayson promises to look into tales of misrepresentation. ZoĆ« Corbyn reports
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What is Migration History?
Author: Christiane Harzi and Dirk Hoerder with Donna GabacciaEdition: FirstPublisher: Polity PressPages: 181Price: Ā£55.00 and Ā£13.99ISBN: 9780745643366This short book aims to provide a comprehensive...
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The Versailles Settlement: Peacemaking after the First World War, 1919-1923
Author Alan SharpEdition SecondPages 282Publisher Palgrave MacmillanPrice Ā£55.00 and Ā£19.99ISBN 9780333800768 and 800775Alan Sharpās book has established itself as an indispensable study of the...
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Migration in Irish History, 1607-2007
Author: Patrick Fitzgerald and Brian LambkinEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 403Price: Ā£18.99ISBN: 9780230222564The authors try to encapsulate an immense literature on emigration,...
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Book of the week: On Art and War and Terror
An interdisciplinary tour of conflict in all its shades and guises grips Robert Eaglestone
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BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- Citizenship: A Reality Far from IdealEdited by Andrew Kakabadse, professor of international management development, Cranfield University, Nada Kakabadse, visiting professor...
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The Age of Reformation: The Tudor and Stewart Realms 1485-1603
Lucy Wooding admires an assured interweaving of Scottish and English history in the 16th century
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The Least Worst Place: How GuantĆ”namo Became the Worldās Most Notorious Prison
So how did Guantanamo become āthe worldās most notorious prisonā? Principally as a result of a Washington-created public-relations own goal. On 11 January 2002, the first group of 20 prisoners...