Middlesex abolishes exams for first-years
Middlesex University has abandoned exams for first-year degree students in what critics claim is an unprecedented move to make it easier for students to pass. A memo leaked to The Times Higher...
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'I was able to point out that we are tenth cousins, George Bush and I'
Oceanographer Charles Keeling this week raised the alarm about a worrying rise in carbon dioxide levels Charles Keeling is obsessed by carbon dioxide. He has been measuring it conscientiously for 46...
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On the move...
The University of East Anglia has appointed: Aedin Cassidy , former head of molecular nutrition at Unilever, to a chair in diet and health; Vincent Moulton , formerly at Uppsala University, professor...
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Deech warns of false claims
The student complaints ombudsman has warned universities against making promises that they cannot keep in their prospectuses. The potential legal pitfalls of making overblown claims was further...
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Journal costs soar by up to 94%
University library budgets have been hit by journal price increases of up to 94 per cent over the past four years, research has shown. The study, published this week by Loughborough University,...
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Evident praise for gnomic thinker
The French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who died last weekend, is one of the best-known academics in modern times - a controversial figure with the looks of a maturing matinee idol. But Christopher...
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Call to scrap degree classes
Traditional degree classifications of firsts, seconds and thirds should be scrapped, a government-backed review group has concluded, writes Phil Baty. The final draft of the report of the Burgess...
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LEARNING IN THE EAR AND NOW Our ICT supplement delves into how the iPod, BlackBerry and BuddySpace are changing higher education Also Intellectual gossip: Isaiah Berlin's letters reviewed by Alex...
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Delayed funding impact
Welsh higher education institutions will suffer a real-terms cut in funding next year before the extra £56 million allocated by the Welsh Assembly this week makes a difference. The draft budget for...
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Cash fillip for women
The Department for Education and Skills has stumped up £200,000 to help universities retain female students of science, engineering and technology and to encourage them to take up careers in the...
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Privatise Oxford? It's 'not on my horizon'
Oxford University's new vice-chancellor, John Hood, insisted this week that a move towards privatisation of the ancient university was "not on my horizon". In an interview with The Times Higher , he...
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Head teachers back shake-up of A-level grading
Plans to introduce a new A** at A level to help universities distinguish between the brightest candidates won the backing of Britain's biggest head teachers' association this week. Just days before...
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V-c row puts jobs in peril
A row between the vice-chancellors of Glamorgan University and the University of Wales Institute Cardiff that led to the collapse of merger talks could now cost lecturers their jobs, lecturers' union...
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Quality report attacks APU management standards
Quality inspectors have "limited confidence" in management standards at Anglia Polytechnic University, according to a report due to be published this week. The Times Higher has learnt that the...
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Soton to blaze a trail with pay plan
Staff at Southampton University are set to be the first employees to move to the new national pay structure hammered out by unions and employers earlier this year. The university believes its swift...