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Lecturers lectured on Queen's English
Academics are not renowned for their clear use of English, but managers at Queen's University Belfast have become so concerned at the clumsy and impenetrable language of their staff that they have...
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Move to curb student rights
Universities draft legal document to protect against complaints by their students, reports Melanie Newman A legal contract that would restrict students' rights to seek compensation over inadequate...
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'Watson is a world expert on climate change, biodiversity and sustainability'
Clinton and Gore's key environmental adviser returns to his native UK to take up UEA and Defra posts The University of East Anglia has clinched the appointment of former White House environmental...
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On the move
The Royal Academy of Engineering's list of new fellows for 2007 includes: Neil Alford , professor of physical electronics, Imperial College London; Helen Atkinson , professor in metals processing,...
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Survivors beat budget woes
The number of universities at fiscal risk is far smaller than recent reports suggest, Phil Baty reveals Six higher education institutions are currently "at risk" of financial failure, The Times...
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Subsidise foreign students to keep them coming, Hepi says
High tuition fees risk turning foreign students away from UK universities and "killing the sector's golden goose", according to the Higher Education Policy Institute. A Hepi report, The Economic...
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Next week
BODGE JOB Sociologist Richard Sennett on why impatient capitalism has undermined craftsmanship in society PLUS Performance indicators out next week: how does your institution measure up?
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Graduate pay slips
A real-terms cut in graduate salaries this year may herald a fall in the financial value of a degree, employers have warned. The average graduate starting salary has failed to rise above inflation,...
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Liverpool gets new v-c
Sir Howard Newby is to become the next vice-chancellor of Liverpool University as successor to Drummond Bone, who is due to retire in September 2008. The exact date for Sir Howard's departure from...
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Canada studies at risk
Canadian studies in the UK are facing the "grievous blow" of losing their Canadian Government funding, which would jeopardise much of what the discipline has achieved in recent decades, according to...
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Rammell hails business input in skills-gap battle
Ahead of response to Leitch Review, minister sees 'best financial environment in a generation' for higher education. "Huge opportunities" for dramatic expansion in higher education will come from...