Hastened to the grave
University admissions are no laughing matter, but Steven Schwartz, the Government's fair access guru, managed to raise a titter at last week's Sutton Trust conference. Professor Schwartz opened his...
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An office and a gentleman
If there is no room at the inn, what should the innkeeper do? Well, a model answer to this conundrum was provided by the estates office at Buckingham University when it came to finding accommodation...
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A novel namecheck
The Line of Beauty , the fourth novel by Alan Hollinghurst, is favourite to win this year's Booker Prize and is expected to make the shortlist next Tuesday. The story is set in the 1980s and...
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Straight onto the shortlist
It promises to be one of the toughest postings in higher education. Even so, one might have expected more than 38 people to apply for the job of England's first university access tsar. Yet, according...
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My revolting past
London South Bank University vice-chancellor Deian Hopkin recalls the turbulent political climate of 1960s Aberystwyth While many leading academics become interested in politics, Deian Hopkin was...
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Why I... think it is vital that academics put up a fight against casualisation
One of the main issues facing young academics is the increasing casualisation of the higher education workforce. But the emphasis that current education policy places on creating a "flexible...
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An elitist's manifesto
Tory plans for higher education funding would restrict access, argues Vincent Carpentier. The Conservatives' "Funding the Future" has been presented as a radical project for higher education that...
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An idea that spells inequality
Proposals to allow IQ tests to be used to diagnose dyslexia will increase discrimination, says Ross Cooper. Dyslexia is at the centre of a bitter battle - and new recommendations on learning...
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Don't tell students to pull their socks up
Such comments won't help homesick students settle, but getting them to socialise and advising them to learn to cook will, says Jill Nicholls Homesickness is normal, I say. There is a slight shift in...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name: Hugh Jones Age: 37 Job: Academic manager/reader in astronomy at Hertfordshire University (previously at Liverpool John Moores University). Salary: About £37...
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Cambridge slated for being too soft on staff
Managers at Cambridge University are unwilling to deal with underperforming staff adequately, an internal report for the university suggests. The review concluded there is a "widespread perception"...
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MMU backs down over new 'burger bar' contract
Manchester Metropolitan University has backed down over plans to introduce what lecturers' union Natfhe termed "burger bar"-style contracts for part-time and hourly paid staff. The union is hailing...
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Next week
Go backwards to go forwards Are you awake at the back? In our new careers and jobs section, how to keep students' attention throughout the year; a department audit; why ethics is taught on ever more...
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Scots lead ethnic access
Scottish universities have avoided the disparities between ethnic groups seen in English higher education, a three-year study has concluded. Young people from ethnic minorities in Glasgow are just as...
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Today's news
No place at Oxford for girl who scored 100% A student who is the only ever to have achieved a perfect score in her Greek A level has been refused a place to read classics at Oxford University. (Daily...