Honours go for a song
Warwick University made the acclaimed British composer Michael Nyman sing for his supper before awarding him an honorary degree last week. Mr Nyman had composed a fanfare especially for the...
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Ministers know no modesty
It seems Bill Rammell, the Higher Education Minister, is less attuned to his academic constituency than he is widely held to be. The House of Commons Education and Skills Select Committee made him...
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Scrum for rector at Dundee
A tough battle is in prospect to determine the successor to TV personality Lorraine Kelly as rector of Dundee University. There are two candidates, neither of whom backs down in the face of...
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Senseless scrabble
Contrived acronyms for new research projects or centres are now common in academic life, but the University of Central Lancashire should win a prize for "iSLanDS" - the International Centre for Sign...
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Remain in twilight zone for comfort
Paranormal researchers pursue scientific answers but they, like their forebears, might wish to keep the mystery, Deborah Blum says It has been more than a century - about 120 years, to be exact -...
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Erase old programme and launch new version
Computer science is an out-of-touch, dying discipline. It must embrace interdisciplinarity to survive, writes Neil McBride Go into a computer science class today and you may well be entering a time...
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University under fire for flawed PhD thesis
Birmingham University is facing criticism over a PhD thesis that argues that a prominent Holocaust survivor could have been a Nazi collaborator. An independent review of the thesis led the university...
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'We need to do more to help graduates build careers Here in Cornwall'
Ian Tunbridge will champion higher education in his role as head of Combined Universities in Cornwall. Cornwall has never had a traditional university, but is does now have a dedicated champion of...
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On the move...
* Five new deans have been appointed at the Said Business School, Oxford, as part of development plans. The deans are drawn from existing staff and will continue their duties at the school. The...
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Hefce aims to cut costly court bills
Mediation could be key to resolving campus disputes speedily and amicably, reports Rebecca Attwood. Long and costly disputes between universities and their staff and students could be a thing of the...
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Students give tech tutorials
Lecturers are getting lessons from students to help them keep up to date with the latest computer wizardry, writes Rebecca Attwood. Students at Hertfordshire University are helping staff to make the...
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Scots cash crisis sparks fear of jobs axe
Several hundred job losses in Scotland will be needed to avoid a financial crisis, the convener of Universities Scotland said this week, raising fears of more cuts to come. But the University and...
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SAVE OUR POSTDOCS Are universities doing enough to keep early career researchers in academe? PLUS Terry Eagleton examines why celebrities are turning to alternative spiritual sources to give their...
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Sir Gareth Roberts dies
Sir Gareth Roberts, president of Wolfson College, Oxford, and former vice-chancellor of Sheffield University, died on Tuesday aged 66. Sir Gareth, who had held numerous positions including president...
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'Engage with Bologna'
The Bologna Process for unifying higher education across Europe will become a "white elephant" unless it results in academics finding it easier to move between European states to teach in different...