Research strategy limits teaching of students
Students are suffering because universities have failed to take seriously the distorting effects of research on teaching, a top educationist has warned. Graham Gibbs, director of the Centre for...
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Few respond to consultation on RAE
Sir Gareth Roberts has revealed that there were only 30 written responses to the review of research assessment, although he hoped for a last-minute flurry before the consultation ended today. The...
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Findings: X-ray specs for hole diggers
Devices that can "look" into the ground to "see" buried pipes, patches of contaminated soil and even underground geological structures have been developed by scientists, writes Steve Farrar. The...
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Findings: Climate curtain divides Europe
The cold war map of Europe may have melted but it seems an iron curtain of climate change is now dividing the continent, writes Steve Farrar. Scientists have found that while springtime is beginning...
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Legal bid mooted over axed art course
Students of Lincoln University's fine art degree in Hull have threatened to take legal action to overturn plans to close their course and make staff redundant. "We consider the authorities to have...
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British shun careers abroad
Almost two-thirds of British students lack the essential skills and attitudes to compete for top graduate jobs across Europe, new research shows. The European Student Survey 2002, which looked at...
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Call to boost pay for postgrad teachers
Universities' growing reliance on unqualified, badly paid postgraduates to teach students is too informal and poorly controlled, according to the Political Studies Association. The association is...
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Students 'suicidal' as debts mount up
Counsellors in further and higher education have reported a significant increase in the number of "seriously disturbed" students, a national survey has found. Nearly one in six students seen by...
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Ailing Scots target health
The eating habits of Scottish women will be among the first areas investigated by Dundee and St Andrews universities' latest health initiative. The Social Dimensions of Health Institute is part of...
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Welsh deal allows the hard-up to feel full benefits of a grant
The Welsh Assembly has struck an agreement with Westminster to save students claiming new grants from losing up to £1,000 in benefits, writes Tony Tysome. The grant, introduced this year, entitles 43...
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Nurse lobby may open door to allies
The Council of Deans of Nursing is consulting on plans to include allied health professionals. The council was set up in 1996 to represent nursing, midwifery and health visiting education. Eileen...
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Review for social work
A review of training for social workers was announced this week by the General Social Care Council. From 2003, the council will register the workforce. It is also reviewing continuous professional...
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Working students suffer
Work experience outside term time is good for graduate employability, but mature and low-income students suffer from taking term-time jobs, according to a study by the Open University's Centre for...
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UK v-c quits Wits
British academic Norma Reid Birley this week resigned as vice-chancellor of the University of the Wi****ersrand in South Africa and is to leave her post with immediate effect. Council chair Justice...
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QMUC's new campus
Queen Margaret University College is to build a campus in Edinburgh's green belt, the first entirely new higher education campus development in Scotland for 30 years. QMUC has aimed for some time to...