Why first-time students have to come first
Reallocation of education funds is about social justice and augmenting the national pool of skills, says Bill Rammell. The Government's decision to funnel £100 million away from students taking...
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Postcards from the educators
Tim Birkhead's frustrations struck a chord with academics burdened by unthinking bureaucracy. My recent column on stifling administration ("Blank faces and bungled systems", September 21) elicited an...
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Add assistance, subtract stress
Students may joke about their poor maths skills, but you'll be doing them a favour if you help them tackle their numeracy problems, and their fear, right from the start. Harriet Swain sums up the...
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Fine dining to the strains of Bach
Name: Ian Bates Job: Director of education, School of Pharmacy, University of London - What is the trait you admire most in other people? Tolerance and respect for others. - What is the trait you...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'Part of my university's mission statement includes the need to "promote equality,...
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Who got that cash?
An academic who grew up watching Cary Grant films has been awarded a £22,550 grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to study her Hollywood idol. Kathrina Glitre , who teaches film...
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UCU fears employer bid to block action over pay
Negotiators reject Ucea draft pay guidance that all unions be bound by majority view. Melanie Newman reports. The lecturers' union fears that it will be prevented from taking industrial action...
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Laurie Taylor column
"Southampton University is offering its academics media training so that their work is known and appreciated and they are seen to contribute to life, not just academic research." The Times Higher ,...
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Leader: Research must yield more than economic payoff
This week's announcement that the research councils will use potential economic impact as one way of deciding which projects to fund is welcome. It should lead to better decision-making, and it will...
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Private degrees: cash cows? 1
An obvious objection to the granting of university degree-awarding status to BPP College ("Private college to award degrees", September 28) is that the broader view of what constitutes the quality of...
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Private degrees: cash cows? 2
I am sure that universities have nothing whatsoever to fear from "healthy competition", if that is what BPP College will offer. But we are entitled to ask if such competition will be healthy for...
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Private degrees: cash cows? 3
The first private profit-making institution has been granted degree-awarding powers by the Privy Council. Some might see this as the beginning of the end, others that the end has arrived. In fact,...
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A sense of freedom 1
I am grateful that The Times Higher has raised the issue of the parlous state of academic freedom in the UK when compared with other European Union states via its coverage of my article in the...
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A sense of freedom 2
The debate about the level of legal protection afforded to academics working in the UK is ongoing. There is the need to define "academic freedom" and ensure it is not confused with "freedom of speech...
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Look beyond the elite
The Sutton Trust's report ("Elite few still fill universities", September 21) provides only a partial truth about participation because the research methodology was limited to looking at elite...