Who's in who's out?
Hull York Medical School Patricia McGettigan is one of a flurry of international appointments to the Hull York Medical School (HYMS), which was set up by the universities of York and Hull in 2003....
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Insufficient help leaves weak tutors floundering
Neglected teachers, overlooked in a research-focused environment, are failing to improve, study finds.Louise Radnofsky reports Weak university teachers do not improve over the course of their careers...
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Lecturer taps into the text generation
Kevin Linch does not raise an eyebrow when his students get out their mobile phones and start texting in the middle of a lecture - it is usually because he has asked them to, writes Louise Radnofsky...
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'The profession is diversifying and the society needs to change'
In tumultuous times, a new chief scientific adviser to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society takes up her post Jayne Lawrence has taken the job of chief scientific adviser to the Royal Pharmaceutical...
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On the move...
* William Rosenberg , currently professor of hepatology and director of the Wellcome Trust clinical research facility at Southampton University's school of medicine, has been appointed to the Richard...
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Collaboration in research a 'tick-box' trick
Geographer sparks debate over whether interdisciplinary work is really valuable or just an exercise to win funding. Rebecca Attwood reports Academics' moves to collaborate on research across...
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Novelist finds his art imitates life
The anonymous author of a satirical novel on modern universities has told The Times Higher of his amazement at discovering that spoof details and courses in his book have real-life equivalents....
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Close English departments for benefit of nation, says Naipaul
Sir Vidia Naipaul, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature, called this week for university English literature departments to close. But academics shrugged off his attack on universities as...
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Next week
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE Dusty Springfield is now recognised as a cultural icon worthy of academic scrutiny PLUS Laurie Taylor marvels at how sociology has become a proper grown-up subject
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For some, campus is still another country
Non-whites gain lower grades, complain of poor support and are less happy with university life. Tariq Tahir reports Students from minority ethnic groups not only obtain worse degree results than...
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Staff consider strike over their pay limbo
Lecturers' leaders at Stirling University are considering industrial action over the possible downgrading of up to 350 academic-related and administrative staff, writes Melanie Newman. The university...
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Drastic change and debts may prove discouraging
Hannah Osunsina believes black students' relatively poor degree performance reflects an ambivalent attitude to university. Ms Osunsina, who is about to enter her second year in law at Bedfordshire...
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£3m for adult learning
Salford University has been awarded almost £3 million to prepare the ground for the Government's commitment to a massive increase in the number of adults with higher-level skills, as set out in the...
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Girls favour university
Boys from state schools are less interested in going to university than girls at the same schools, according to a report from the Sutton Trust charity. The report, which is based on a survey of 2,400...
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Overdraft campaign
A student revolt against HSBC bank is gathering momentum, with nearly 3,000 joining a social network campaign group over the bank's decision to end interest-free graduate overdrafts. Thousands of...