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Inspirational and outstanding economics lecturers are potential candidates for three prizes offered by the Learning and Teaching Support Network economics subject centre. Winners will receive £250 in...
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A site for start-ups
The Enterprise Group at Cranfield University is working with European university partners to build an online community for people over 40 who are interested in learning about starting and managing...
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Gassy future for Wales
The University of Glamorgan is leading a two-year project to investigate Wales' potential to run on hydrogen. Dennis Hawkes of Glamorgan's School of Applied Science, and his wife, Freda, of the...
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DFES bitten by its own red-tape watchdog
The education department has fallen foul of its own red-tape watchdog by ignoring the swaths of additional bureaucracy that will be generated by the higher education white paper. Members of the...
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'Vulgar' policy is 'insult to able', claims Patten
Chris Patten, who became Oxford University's 294th chancellor this week, attacked the government's "vulgar" political interference in university access as a crude attempt at social engineering. Mr...
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Ucas courses to train staff in fair admissions procedures
The professionalisation of university admissions will begin in earnest next week with the launch of training courses aimed at admissions staff. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has...
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European R&D draining to US
European companies are increasingly spending their research and development budgets in the US with "dire" consequences for the European economy and its universities, a conference of leading European...
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Whistleblowers: Controversial Cardiff keeps it in the family
It seems that Cardiff University is earning something of a reputation for "family-friendly" recruitment policies. Late last year, The THES reported on the controversy surrounding a decision to award...
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Exeter gets €1m gift from Saudi
The world's richest Arab, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, has given a €1 million (£700,000) endowment to Exeter University as part of a campaign to "bridge the gap between the Islamic and western worlds"...
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Academic lawyers fight for resources
Academic lawyers fear professional bodies will seek to shut under-resourced law departments rather than try to help them win more funds. The Law Society and the Bar Council have produced a new...
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Jisc wins free journal access with BioMed
Free online journal publishing has come a step closer with the announcement of a ground-breaking deal for biological and medical research publications. The deal with open-access publisher BioMed...
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AUT attacks statute changes
It may become easier to sack lecturers following Privy Council approval of plans to change the constitution of old universities, the Association of University Teachers claimed this week. The plans...
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Cash crisis prompts fears of FE staff cuts
A wave of redundancies is looming in English further education colleges as they face a funding crisis to rival that in schools, lecturers' union leaders and politicians have warned. Strike action...
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Harry Potter and the chamber of gender secrets
A little known 18th-century German writer of fairy tales who inspired Sir Walter Scott can be seen as a precursor of J. K. Rowling, a Glasgow University academic believes. German expert Laura Martin...
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Scotland 'must pool resources'
Scotland's universities must pool academic and financial resources to remain competitive against wealthier institutions south of the border, the principal of St Andrews University Brian Lang warned...