Fraud booms worldwide
The number of fraudsters, forgers and cheats is booming in an increasingly lucrative global higher education market, according to a report that draws together evidence on the problem from around the...
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Online essay site 'may put patients at risk'
Hospital patients could be placed at risk because a new online essay service might tempt trainee nurses to cheat their way through university, plagiarism experts have warned. The website -...
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DH's proposed research elite could harm medical schools, deans say
Department of Health plans to concentrate research in five elite hospitals and clinical academies could "destabilise" some medical schools, deans warned this week. A DH consultation document, which...
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The streams of consciousness Where do academics go to do their most creative thinking? Plus: Delia Davin reviews Mao: The Unknown Story
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New title holders face tough decisions
To do research or not to do research: that is the question facing the country's six newest universities. Chester University, Canterbury Christ Church University, Liverpool Hope University,...
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Starters for six: how the newest universities see themselves
Questions 1. What is the main advantage of gaining the university title? 2. What image do you hope to build, and how will your logo reflect this? 3. How do you expect your institution to have...
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Olympic backroom staff leap into the limelight
The Olympic "invisibles" - the men and women supplying the vital support services for the 2012 games in London - will be the subject of research at a new centre at Loughborough University....
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High-flyers get lost in space
RAE bias and uncertain prospects are often a fellow's lot, says Anthea Lipsett Research fellows - long seen as the future stars of academe with enviable positions - are often poorly treated by...
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South East survivors
Universities in the South East are less likely to generate spin-off companies - but the ones they create are more likely to survive than those elsewhere. A report on the impact of higher education on...
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Oxbridge is not on the Case for PhDs
Oxford and Cambridge universities appear to be totally uninterested in joint projects with industry to support PhD students, it was claimed this week. The comments came as research revealed that the...
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Stag hunting
Durham University last month sold some 900 deer-related paintings, books and artefacts from its Whitehead Collection to raise money to preserve the archive's core books and papers and to fund work by...
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Southampton hits the big time with win of £104m
Southampton University has emerged as the UK's third biggest earner of research grants in the engineering and physical sciences, ahead of Oxford University. Cambridge University, Imperial College...
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Subject audits ditched by QAA
'Light touch' assessment deemed to be too heavy a burden for universities Lecturers will be rejoicing this week after quality watchdogs vowed to cut more red tape by abandoning routine subject-level...
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Oil patent tug of war heads for appeal
Southampton University is to appeal against a ruling that took ownership of a crucial patent away from one of its most promising spin-off companies. In a move that a leading intellectual property...
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Principals spurn top-ups
Scotland's university principals show no sign of calling for top-up fees north of the border despite some fears that increased English fees could bolster budgets there and eventually threaten...