Cash-starved EU 'risks relegation'
The "worsening underfunding" of European universities threatens to relegate them to second-division status, the European Commission has warned. Without better financial support, Europe's higher...
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Women set up old-girl network
Female scientists are often held back in their careers because they do not have inside information about forthcoming research projects, according to the creators of a website that aims to help them,...
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Outsider runs on anti-NUS platform
A postgraduate whose website has become a popular forum for attacks on the "impotence" of the National Union of Students is one of seven candidates battling it out to be the next NUS president. Joe...
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Vice-chancellor's move to cut 90 jobs ruled illegal
The Privy Council has declared that moves to make staff redundant at Hull University were illegal. The local branch of the Association of University Teachers said that the university broke its own...
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Huddersfield's merger dream dies
Huddersfield University's dream of creating a new university 40 miles away in South Yorkshire collapsed this week, writes Alison Utley. The university had proposed a merger with Doncaster College as...
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Ex-polys hit as elite mops up
Students are steering clear of some new universities and turning their backs on diploma courses, according to figures compiled by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. Civic universities...
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Appointments
Michael Goldstein , vice-chancellor of Coventry University, is to retire in August next year. Neil Gorman , former global director of science and technology for Masterfoods Europe, has been appointed...
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'Mickey Mouse' row revived
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge this week angered students and university staff by implying that the reason universities have high drop-out rates is that they run "Mickey Mouse" courses. Ms...
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In the news: Albie Sachs
Albie Sachs, the South African judge who refused the English cricketers' initial appeal to have their world cup match moved from Zimbabwe, is no stranger to terror. The long-time member of the...
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Whistleblowers: Postgraduate to take race case to the Lords
An Asian postgraduate excluded from Oxford University after failing a "flawed" exam in which he was treated less favourably than a white colleague is to take his allegations of racism to the House of...
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Eliot letters fan flames of row over 'racism'
A previously unknown cache of letters written by T. S. Eliot to be published next week will add fuel to a bitter literary dispute over whether one of the 20th century's greatest poets was anti-...
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Anyaoku chair set to help revitalise institute
Richard Crook has been named the first Anyaoku chair of Commonwealth studies at London University. It is hoped that the post will revitalise the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. The ICS came near...
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Scots bet on ILAs in lifelong learning bid
The Scottish Executive is to merge the higher and further education funding councils, relaunch individual learning accounts and develop new approaches to quality assurance in an ambitious five-year...
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A warm welcome is just the first step
Even successful international postgraduates can need long-term support such as mentoring and continuing induction to bridge cultural gaps, writes Gina Wisker Late last year, I was sitting under a...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Maria Konstantaki Age: 33 Job: Lecturer in exercise physiology, sports science and sports psychology, Buckinghamshire Chilterns...