Policy watch
Degree standards: More top marks expectedThe traditional system of degree classifications was due to come under further pressure this week with the publication of the latest data on degree results....
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Defining the undefinable
Roy Harris takes a quizzical look at what it means to live in a dictionary culture when we question its apparent certainties.
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QAA to enlist students to audit quality
Plan to add undergraduates to inspection teams is proving controversial, writes Rebecca Attwood.
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No lectures for reclassified 'researchers'
Undergraduates have been redefined as "researchers" and will be given fewer formal lectures under a new teaching strategy at the University of Gloucestershire.Academic staff at Gloucestershire will...
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Spending spree on RAE stars may spark cash crisis
Universities face financial squeeze. John Gill reports.
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The week in higher education
Students come in for a hard time in the press this week. On 2 January, in a letter to The Daily Telegraph, Geoffrey Sampson of the University of Sussex, railed that the UK higher education system had...
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We're building bridges to help tomorrow's scholars climb higher
A bold plan to provide higher education partners to all trust schools and academies will benefit both institutions and students, writes Andrew Adonis.
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Bath Spa University: non-academic appointments
Robert Clay has been appointed marketing manager.Abigail Thatcher has been appointed alumni officer.Olivia Preston has been appointed environmental support officer in property services.Andrew...
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Bournemouth: Doctor of Arts
Martin Clunes – Doctor of ArtsActor of national renown who achieved popularity for his role in the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly. He is currently the lead in Doc Martin. He is an active supporter of...
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Bournemouth: Doctors of Business Administration
Romy FraserEntrepreneur best known for founding and developing the range of Neal’s Yard Remedies. She has now sold the business to focus on developing an educational establishment in West Dorset....
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Bournemouth: Doctors of Education
Rev David HartFormer chaplain to Bournemouth University (1999-2007). Now co-ordinator for initial ministerial education for the Diocese of Salisbury and the Bishop of Salisbury’s adviser for pastoral...
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Bournemouth: Doctor of Science
John WrightonInternational athlete who won the 1958 European Championship in the 400m hurdles and in 1960 captained the GB athletics team at the Rome Olympics. He is a distinguished orthopaedic...
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Edinburgh College of Art: head of design, head of jewellery
Alan Murray has been the appointed head of the School of Design from his post as director of design in industrial design at the Technical University, Eindhoven.Dorothy Hogg MBE, head of jewellery and...
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Exeter: grants and awards
Annie Pye from the Centre for Leadership Studies has been awarded a grant of more than £600,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council to study how small groups of people lead large, complex...
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London Mathematical Society: More Math Grads project
The More Math Grads project has appointed Makhan Singh as project manager.