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Stay-at-home students could undermine top colleges More students are choosing universities near their home in a trend that could undermine the traditional hierarchy of British universities, a higher...
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Scholars demand right to be offensive
Academics call for a change in law to ensure complete freedom of speech in universities. Phil Baty reports The "unrestricted liberty" to be offensive to others without fear of sanction forms the...
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Put on that tweed coat and let's rock
The traditional image of academics tends to be more Einstein than Elvis, but a Times Higher poll may be about to shake all that up. It suggests that 13 per cent of academics are in a band and that...
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'We must look again at how crofting can sustain people of rural Scotland'
Mark Shucksmith will help communities 'imagine their futures' as he leads a group examining Highland life As a rural sociologist, Mark Shucksmith is perhaps uniquely suited for his new role as chair...
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On the move...
* Carole Truman has been made professor of health and community studies at Bolton University. She was previously director of research training in arts and social sciences at Lancaster University. *...
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Uplift 'cheapens degrees' claim
University is attacked over plan to boost number of firsts in a bid to move up the league tables. Phil Baty reports Bangor University was accused this week of lowering its academic standards with a...
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Campus bid to ban racy 'totty' contests
An upsurge in "lads mag"-style events on campus and racy pictures on student websites has raised concerns among academic and student union leaders. Members of the University and College Union have...
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A touch-up job
A touch-up job: Andrew Cranny of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at Southampton University fine-tunes a prototype of the 'Remedi-Hand'. The prosthetic, which not only mimics the...
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UK told to raise language bar for foreign students
International students too often do not have the English language skills to cope with the challenges of studying in the UK, the Society for Research into Higher Education conference heard last week....
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Watchdog warns DfES
The Government's public spending watchdog has criticised the Department for Education and Skills for failing to collect reliable data to prove it is meeting its policy targets. The National Audit...
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Leeds Met raises profile
Leeds Metropolitan University has appointed Anne Gregory, director of the university's Centre for Public Relations Studies, pro vice-chancellor. Professor Gregory, the UK's only full-time professor...
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Capital trio join forces
A new academic alliance between Kingston University, Royal Holloway, University of London, and St George's, University of London, was launched this week in a move to boost provision of higher...
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£2m donation
A Cambridge University engineering graduate has donated more than £2 million to endow a post in solid mechanics. David Hibbitt set up engineering business ABAQUS Inc. in the US after graduating.
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Innovation share-out
Seven universities shared £31 million under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's science and innovation awards this week. The winners of the awards, which were jointly funded by...
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Defeated v-c will be called to Commons
Education committee will focus on governance of elite, write Jessica Shepherd and Jamie Munk The way Oxford, Cambridge and the UK's other top universities are run will be a key element of the...