Intellectual riches
Birmingham University contributes £779 million to the Midlands economy, a study indicates. A report by the university's Centre for Urban and Regional Studies measured the economic impact of the...
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Higher thoughts
The Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council have confirmed that a further £4 million has been awarded to the Religion and Society Research Programme,...
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Sakmann joins Ulster
Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann has joined the research team at Ulster University's Biomedical Sciences Research Institute. Professor Sakmann was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize for Physiology, with his...
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Social science is key
Ian Pearson, the Science Minister, has highlighted the importance of "economic impact" in social science research and stressed that it must interact with other disciplines. At the annual meeting of...
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Rees issues warning
A poor perception of career opportunities in science that sees the best graduates head to the City are among the barriers to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's vision of a thriving economy based on...
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A night to pay tribute to the cream of academe
It was a night to remember for the 1,200 guests at last week's Times Higher Awards ceremony, especially for the winners of the 19 coveted honours. With entries from 122 universities, up from 82 last...
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LSE set to refocus on teaching
Task force to probe student and staff concerns over perceived bias towards research. Melanie Newman reports. The London School of Economics has set up a task force to improve its teaching amid...
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Plan to cut entry mark scrapped
Swansea University has scrapped a plan to lower its English-language entry requirements for overseas students after staff protested that the move was too risky. In an e-mail seen by The Times Higher...
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Strong arm of the law on campus under scrutiny
Accusations of brutality, cover-ups and unaccountability have dogged the private police forces patrolling universities. Jon Marcus reports. When Andrew Meyer refused to relinquish the microphone...
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World Encompassed
AUSTRALIA VOWS TO CUT STUDENT DEBT Australians have a new Education Minister following Labor's victory in the general election. Julia Gillard will take on the post and will also serve as Deputy Prime...
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UK science must not roll over and play dead
Constraints on autonomy via RAE red tape are suffocating Britain's research innovators, writes Donald Braben. The inquisition known as the research assessment exercise passed its deadline for "...
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Peep's Diary
STREET-FIGHTING LORD Old trade union colleagues of Lord Treisman, the Minister for Students, were delighted at his appearance at The Times Higher 2007 Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair....
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Preparing for a knowledge revolution
Only robust policies and funding will ensure a sustainable sector, says John Brooks. UK universities have a critical role to play in the development of the post-industrial knowledge-based economy....
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Real girl power? It begins with an 'f'
When female students are happy to moonlight as sex-object 'shot girls', some serious academic critiquing is due, says Diane Negra. One of the most taken-for-granted and yet decisive cultural shifts...
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Swapping women's rights for ladies' nights
As St Hilda's prepares to admit men, Rowenna Davis mourns a female- positive refuge from Oxford's lads and old boys. One of my earliest memories of Oxford was sitting in my first tutorial anxiously...