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Gabriella Giannachi Reader/Senior lecturer in Drama, University of Exeter Job advertised in The Times Higher , November 28 2003 An investment of £3.7 million in the drama department at Exeter...
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The lecture louts vs the academy's faithful
The rise of boorishness, indifference, arrogance and laziness in students is damaging all aspects of university life, according to Alan Clements. My best students have never been better. They use...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : Serena Olsaretti Age: 32 Job: University lecturer in political philosophy and teaching fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. Salary : About £33,000....
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Students 'lack basics'
More than half of vice-chancellors fear that first-year students lack the basic skills needed to study for a degree, according to a survey by the Conservative Party. Fifty-four per cent of vice-...
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OU professor revives call for Israel boycott
UK academic Stephen Rose has renewed calls for an international academic boycott of Israeli universities at a conference to find solutions to Israeli-Palestinian hostilities. Professor Rose, a...
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Surrey engineer one of two women honoured by academy
Maria Petrou, professor of image analysis at Surrey University, is one of only two women to be elected fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering this week. In total, 42 academics have been elected...
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We must build bridges - our future depends on it
Universities are in a prime position to develop relationships between disparate cultures, writes Hans van Ginkel Connectivity, change and convergence are generic features of the world in which we...
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Gary Day
If all about you are losing their heads, keep your cool and remember, learning is all about being led astray. I work in a university so I don't usually think about education, but I did last week-end...
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Redirect first-class male?
With a July Cabinet reshuffle looking likely, the Westminster rumour mill is working overtime. A hot contender for a move is Alan Johnson, the ex-postman-turned-Minister for Higher Education. House...
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Bubbly open ... but no good news
Chancellor Gordon Brown's ten-year investment plan for science was the subject of much champagne-fuelled speculation at the Royal Society's glitzy summer house party last week. Some were disappointed...
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Labour shuns another Mandy
Mandy Telford, the ex-president of the National Union of Students, failed to get elected to Labour's National Executive Committee last week, coming second from bottom in the voting. Those close to...
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My revolting past
In the 1960s, Tessa Blackstone discovered a taste for endless debate - and long red velvet kaftans. Former higher education minister Baroness Blackstone remembers the time she was invited to become a...
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Why I... fear lowering entry criteria for foreign students could destroy universities
When students become customers and universities are transformed into businesses, few of the traditions associated with the ideals of academia remain untouched. The invisible hand of the market has a...
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Hold the bubbly...
The Chancellor gave science some good news but no reason to pop the cork, says Peter Cotgreave For weeks in advance, the leaks and gossip all suggested that good news was coming in the Government's...
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Don't run from the green bullies
If the Government is serious about helping science, it must stand up for it in public, argues Derek Burke It's splendid that Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, is to raise funding for science over ten...