How to get students to write with confidence
When it comes to putting ideas down on paper, a little good advice can go a very long way, writes Mark Griffiths. Writing is a basic but time-consuming activity in higher education. It is also...
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V-cs press new government for more cash Vice-chancellors lost no time today in pressing the government for more cash for universities after Labour’s second landslide election victory. Baroness...
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Billboards back off from hard messages
Public apathy about the general election left the main political parties struggling to find a memorable message to display on advertising billboards, Mark Garnett, an academic political pundit, said...
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Employers and lecturers to unite to lobby for better pay
A joint lobby of the next Parliament for better pay by lecturers' unions and employers in further education looks likely, both sides agreed this week. The Association of Colleges reiterated its call...
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'Act or watch standards slide'
Radical intervention in higher education by the incoming government is needed if universities are to balance the demands of access and excellence successfully, according to Sir David Watson, Brighton...
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Forum looks at Labour ideology
The Labour Party's ideology is much more complex than many academics suggest, according to an Edinburgh University expert. Lindsay Paterson, professor of educational policy, said analysts focused on...
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Police probe immigration fraud at Derby Police are investigating a suspected bogus student immigration racket after reported attempts to obtain university places for Chinese students with fake...
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Palestinian students hurt in roadblock clash Thirteen Palestinian students were reported injured in clashes with Israeli police on Wednesday during a protest against a roadblock near Ramallah that...
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Financial Times Top universities are urging students to take the new AS-level exams to show that they are not limited to the traditional model of three A-levels in the arts, sciences or languages....
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Haifa appoints German non-Jew chairman A German non-Jew has been appointed Haifa University's chairman of governors despite opposition from some members of the senate. Manfred Lanstein is president...
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Blair defends tuition fees Tony Blair today defended his government’s decision to introduce tuition fees and abolish means-tested maintenance grants. Speaking on Radio 4’s Election Call he said that...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times The new Learning and Skills Councils will be dominated by educationalists and other "vested interests" unless business is given more influence, business leaders have told the...
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Lib Dems push to scrap fees in Wales Welsh Liberal Democrats hope to repeat the party’s success in scrapping upfront tuition fees in Scotland by lobbying the next government to abolish them in Wales...
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Financial Times Students preparing for exams or celebrating their end are uninterested in voting. Research at Cranfield University, the University of the West of England and the Defence Evaluation...
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Man defamed by university wins $1m A former student who claimed that Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington State, had spoiled his hope of a teaching career by telling state officials...