Exclusive pursuits
Tony Higgins, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, is doing a little teaching himself - of the "don't do as I do, do as I say" variety. In the latest Ucas guide to...
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Social irresponsibility
A social sciences dean at Quebec City's Universite Laval has filed a formal complaint against one of his professors, André Drainville, after the latter published a book that has been interpreted as a...
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Pointed response
The London School of Economics is launching a screensaver that will change daily in parallel with fluctuating financial data. "The Lost Horizon" is a fantasy mountain landscape that represents FTSE...
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Give their grammar a fine-tuning
Martin Luck explains how Haydn can help students to communicate In week one I ask first-year bioscientists to listen carefully to a Haydn string quartet. Being freshers, they respond obediently....
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Jo Parker. Age: 30. Job: Information literacy unit manager, Open University Library. Salary: academic-related scale,...
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Students fear return of oppression in fight against fees
THES reporters survey a worrying human rights situation in Latin America Mexican student leaders fear the authorities are reverting to repressive tactics associated with the country's previous regime...
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Pre-emptive strike
Carole Caplin, Tony and Cherie Blair's so-called spiritual adviser, appears to have undermined the argument she is to put at a Cambridge Union debate. She has proposed the motion: "This House...
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Business wants taxpayer to underwrite costs of bespoke foundation degrees
Corporate universities would be created using taxpayers' money under plans presented to ministers this week. Some 20 private enterprises, including banks, insurance companies and engineering firms,...
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Today's news
Students are 'worst in living memory' Falling academic standards have made the current crop of university students the worst in living memory, dons have reported. In a survey of long-serving...
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Universities will have to adopt new admissions guidelines
Universities should consider basing their admissions policies on options proposed by a government-backed committee, education secretary Charles Clarke is expected to say today, writes Alan Thomson....
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Next week
Body count Cadaver shortage problem for medical schools A place to think The medieval university put contemplation at the heart of scholarship, but for no longer Tragically, I was an only twin Laurie...
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Nerc grants widen
The Natural Environment Research Council is to allow postdoctoral research assistants to apply for grants from July. Assistants who already have funding from elsewhere can apply to Nerc without...
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Principal resigns
The principal of Ruskin College Oxford has resigned after failing to consolidate the college on one site and solve its £1.3 million projected deficit over the next three years. Jim Durcan had hoped...
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Research tops wish list
Working for Ferrari is the most popular dream job for European science and engineering students - outside of acdemia, that is. According to a survey of 6,776 students at 81 institutions across Europe...
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Venture capital raised
Imperial College London and King's College London hope to profit from partnerships with venture capitalists. Imperial plans to raise £50 million to invest in spin-off companies from its partnership...