Audit process fails to allay standards fears
V-c says QAA's methodology hampers the sector's efforts to defend itself. Rebecca Attwood reportsWeaknesses in the Quality Assurance Agency's methods have made it difficult for the sector to refute...
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Spending review could drive the OU to shut doors of its regional centres
Executives look at 'cost-saving opportunities' as cuts hit other institutions, writes Melanie Newman
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Loughborough is the leader of the prize pack
Loughborough University scooped the top prize at the inaugural Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards, run in association with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.The...
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'Humiliation' had role in suicide, inquest hears
An inquest into the suicide of a senior fashion lecturer at Southampton Solent University heard that his death may in part have been related to his work. Carl Baybut hanged himself in February, a few...
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Dismissed manager sues over doubts about his candour in applications
Internal investigation found that Manchester was misled over criminal past. Melanie Newman reports
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Patterns of success
A unique collection charting the 125-year history of Marks & Spencer is to be housed at the University of Leeds, in the city where the retail giant was born.The archive, which has been relocated...
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NUS says graduate levy could replace tuition fees
Report argues that 'people's trust' would be fairer and raise more cash. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Committee told merger of MRC and NHS is possibility
The Medical Research Council could be combined with the research arm of the National Health Service in a move that is likely to worry those involved with basic research.The possibility of a merger...
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One book clubs together the 'two cultures'
They have taken place in pubs, living rooms and church halls, but now book groups are moving into a Scottish university's halls of residence.Every new student enrolling at the University of St...
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Monoglot threat to historical dominance
Decline in language skills could end UK historians' European pre-eminence. Matthew Reisz writes
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'Activity profiles' give full exposure
Sensitive data on performance may be made openly available to colleagues. Melanie Newman reports
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News in Brief
Whitehall budget squeezeBeddington sounds R&D warningThe Government's Chief Scientific Adviser has expressed concern that departmental research and development budgets will shrink as a result of...
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Stones and roses
Gary Day on Stonehenge (according to Time Team), flower arranging (by the WI), memories and poetry
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Spaghetti function
The University of Poppleton made the headlines this week as journalists picked up on research by Dr Ted Thorndike of our Department of Psychology showing how valuable clues to an individual's...
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1588 and all that
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto punctures a few national illusions