Games in the house of cards
The Liberal Democrats were recast as kings, queens and jacks in a pack of playing cards being sold at the party's conference in Brighton this week. The packs rank the 54 MPs from the aces to jokers,...
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Exchange and smart
While parents breathe a sigh of relief as their offspring leave home for student halls of residence, a new website proposes that they should take in other teenagers to save money. It advocates that...
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Goodwill punting
Luton University had a welcoming committee laid on for its new batch of international students this week. The committee had organised a programme of activities to help the arrivals acclimatise to...
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Back to skool
Hundreds of copies of the Quality Assurance Agency's report on the Institute of Education, University of London, had to be pulped after the QAA failed to live up to its own high standards. Its...
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'Fun' but substantial M-akeover
Middlesex University has become the latest to rebrand, ditching its distinctive "M" logo for a kind of squiggle that "aims to reflect the university's current and future character". Vice-chancellor...
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Don's Diary: Having a ball not a bout
Thursday One thousand "hardcore thugs" are heading to Skopje today to watch England's Euro 2004 qualifier against Macedonia. I cannot speak for the other 999, but I feel slandered by the tabloids'...
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Why I... think the languages crisis is helpful
The effects of the recruitment crisis in languages other than Spanish are manifold. Drawing increasingly from the independent-schools sector, languages are more socially exclusive and academically...
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'Market' is a mistake
The introduction of differential fees will throw up far more questions than answers, argues Liz Allen. Education minister Alan Johnson wants every university "to make its own independent judgement of...
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Dark cloud across blue skies
The loss of Hefce funds will inhibit innovative UK research, argues Rama Thirunamachandran. It has been argued that dismantling the dual-support system for research and removing the funding stream...
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Open doors but halt early exits
Access is not just about getting students in, it's about making sure they succeed, says Gail Thompson. When I joined Sunderland Business School in 1994, I found the government's emerging ideas on...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Carole Roberts. Age: 55. Job: Professorial dean, faculty of business and informatics, and director, Higher Education...
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Keele funding rejig may bar staff from research
Keele University plans to split the management and funding of its teaching and research, and to make its academics negotiate every year how much time they can spend on each. The proposals are part of...
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V-c under fire over job losses
The vice-chancellor of Sunderland University was under renewed pressure to resign this week after protests against his plans to cut jobs. The university has been hit hard by a loss of research...
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Green policies sway grants
Universities may lose out on grant allocations if they fail to adopt sustainable development as a guiding principle. Education secretary Charles Clarke this week announced an action plan for...
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Today's news
Kent 'axes' medieval history to save cash Medieval historians are joining forces over proposals at the University of Kent that could lead to the demise of an academic centre that specialises in the...