Student critics could reform teaching
Asking students to fill in so-called "happy" forms to assess their lecturers may damage rather than improve teaching, according to Lee Harvey of the University of Central England. The widespread use...
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One-minute lectures concentrate the mind
There will be no time to fall asleep during lectures at Leeds University anymore. A new minimalist teaching approach has led to the one-minute lecture. Chemistry lecturer Terry Kee has been given a...
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Business as unusual for the voluntary sector
Lord Young aims to combine high-mindedness with hard-headedness in his school for social entrepreneurs, Chris Johnston reports In the past, groups such as the Red Cross and Meals on Wheels were the...
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Finding spirits in high places
IN THE west, mountains are for climbing or admiring, but for the people of the remote Russian republic of Buryat, just north of Mongolia, they are for worshipping. Caroline Humphrey, a reader in...
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Atlantic project crossed
Private universities are labouring against opposition, reports Rebecca Warden from Barcelona A PROJECT to launch the first private university in Galicia, in Spain's northwest, has been given the...
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Common painkillers to prevent blindness
MILLIONS of people could be spared blindness thanks to the action of the painkillers Ibuprofen, paracetamol and the humble aspirin, according to new research from Reading University. Researchers are...
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No change without very good reason
Employers who set up "competency frameworks" for staff are probably wasting their time, new research suggests. A study from the Institute of Employment has found that the time and money spent by...
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Gene test could pinpoint cancer risk
Leeds University researchers are analysing a gene present in some bowel cancer patients that appears to be linked to a lower chance of survival. Quick identification of the gene following cancer...
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Pressure on 'underclass' will rebound
"Zero tolerance" policing could lead to a repeat of the urban riots seen in the UK during the early 1980s, suggests a study by a Leicester University criminologist. Chris Crowther, lecturer in...
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Oncology steps into DNA footprints
Biochemists at Southampton University are tracing the DNA "footprints" left by anti-cancer drugs to find out more about how the drugs prevent the growth of cells. The technique of DNA footprinting...
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Diabetes as part of growing up
MEDICS are turning to anthropologists to help them understand the lifestyles and attitudes of young diabetics across Europe. David Riches and Alexandra Greene of St Andrews University, and Stephen...
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Sleeping with baby may make sense
Medicine and mountains: both are benefiting from anthropology studies INFRA-RED cameras installed in the bedrooms of families in north-east England could shed light on modern sleeping behaviour and...
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Busy bishops use Vatican loophole to found colleges
Private universities are labouring against opposition, reports Rebecca Warden from Barcelona THE so-called bishops' universities are the latest private education ventures to hit the headlines. Two...
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Last laugh
(Photograph) - David Triesman, general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, sees the funny side of life with Christine Cheesman, chief executive of the Association of University and...
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Don's Diary
"Don't do it," a colleague with many booksbehind him tells me. I try to recall my supervisor's enthusiasm for making a book from my PhD. May Readers' reports from academic publishers are not so...