Move over Pop Idol...
Scientists will have the chance to burst out of their laboratories and into the spotlight when the research equivalent of Pop Idol hits the streets next year. FameLab , the brainchild of the...
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Animal rights ruling for Oxford
Oxford University has secured a landmark High Court ruling protecting its staff and contractors from intimidation by animal rights activists, writes Anna Fazackerley. An injunction granted on...
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Class warrior or softly-softly negotiator?
Is Sir Martin Harris a class warrior or a conciliator? This is a question that all universities are mulling over: whether the new access czar will strong-arm institutions into accepting more working-...
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Offa chief gives tentative nod to post-qualification entry
Universities could "reserve" up to a tenth of their places until A-level results are published to give students who underestimate their grades the chance to apply for popular courses, the new access...
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London Met set to lay off staff
London Metropolitan University has begun laying off lecturers as a result of its long-standing dispute with lecturers' union Natfhe over a new contract for staff. The move comes despite a letter to...
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University rankings cause a global stir
The first World University Rankings, published in The Times Higher last week, generated widespread interest across the globe. Thousands of overseas readers accessed the tables online ( www.thes.co.uk...
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Hefce probes choices
New research into why some well-qualified teenagers decide not to enter higher education has been commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Hefce has commissioned Stephen...
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Zoo welcomes research
Scottish research into primates has found a home in Edinburgh Zoo thanks to £1.6 million from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. Researchers from Abertay, Edinburgh, St Andrews and...
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Morgan donates art
Edwin Morgan, Glasgow's Poet Laureate and Scotland's first National Poet, has donated his personal collection of 70 paintings, mostly by eminent Scottish artists, to Glasgow University, where he is...
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Corrections
Harold Pinter's plays are not missing from the British Library archive of theatrical holdings, as suggested by Sheffield University researchers in an article in The Times Higher , October 29....
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Colleges fail to fill third of foundation courses
Nearly a third of foundation degree courses run by further education colleges are struggling to fill places, and more than one in eight has been axed, a national survey has found. The findings of the...
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Heads lack unity on top-ups
Most college heads remain undecided about top-up fees, a conference will hear his week, amid concerns that the further education sector may lose out when fees are introduced for higher education...
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Return to terms of endearment
Not so long ago semesters were heralded as the future of the academic calendar, enabling universities to offer a more flexible year-round learning enivironment for the modern student. But already it...
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QAA casts doubt over Wales' federal degrees
Quality watchdogs are to deliver another major blow to the federal University of Wales, concluding that they have only "limited confidence" in the standards of its degrees, The Times Higher has...
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Money-go-round draws crowds
Hundreds of medical researchers may face rejection after an unexpected flood of applications for grants from the Medical Research Council. The Government's major funder of basic medical research...