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14-19 diplomasEmployers express reservationsRichard Lambert, director general of the Confederation of British Industry, has warned that the new 14-19 diplomas system is confusing for employers....
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Liverpool University is taking a showbiz approach to education this autumn when it launches a soap opera-style television commercial in a bid to attract more students on to its continuing education...
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Plymouth to axe staff to save cash
Some 100 academic posts under threat following a strategic review. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Overseas briefing
IsraelDating off limits after sex chargeSexual relations between teaching staff and students have been banned by a university in Jerusalem after allegations of sexual assault were made against a...
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Researchers fear Pentagon will infiltrate anthropology
US military largesse threatens academic integrity, claim anthropologists. John Gill reports
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UAE censors opt to approve controversial Gulf book
An academic book that a UK author says was banned in the United Arab Emirates has now been formally authorised for sale by censors.Times Higher Education reported this month (4 September) on concerns...
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Equal concerns
John Hills is to chair a panel that will analyse Britain's continuing social divisions, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Appointments
David Baulcombe, professor of botany at the University of Cambridge, has won the 2008 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. Professor Baulcombe won the award - popularly known as "America's Nobels...
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Goodwill built on willingness to listen and straight talk
The SNP Education Secretary has won admiration for her refreshing approach, writes Olga Wojtas
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A fair price is fair play
Universities must learn to make full economic costing work on industry-funded projects, says Martin Vincent
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Hobbling around with the burden of easily forgotten information
Let us drop skills-only courses and return to an integrated knowledge-based syllabus, urges Penelope J. Corfield
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Research elite reject focus on innovation
European universities say governments should not rely on them to drive economy, Zoe Corbyn writes
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Royal Society is considering casting out God
All references to "God" would be removed from the founding charter of the Royal Society under an idea mooted by some of its senior figures, Times Higher Education understands.The society has three...
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Did poor teaching lead to crash?
Business academics are accused of ignoring social and political questions. Zoe Corbyn reports
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The week in higher education
It was a case of too little too late for Michael Reiss, who has stepped down as education director of the Royal Society, when The Guardian sprung belatedly to his defence. Professor Reiss, who was...