OU makes bid for med school
The Open University is joining forces with the universities of Exeter and Plymouth to propose a radical new medical school in the south-west of England, writes Julia Hinde. Based in district general...
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Leicester passes fast-track medical
Leicester University will offer the United Kingdom's first fast-track medical degree, starting in September 1999. Following approval from the General Medical Council, Leicester will introduce the...
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On demand printing puts books back in hands of academics
That elusive out-of-print tome could soon in the hands of the searching academic with the launch of a print-to-order book service. Macmillan are now offering an on-demand service for out-of-stock...
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The pixel problem
Digital art is still viewed as the poor relation to painting, sculpture and even photography by many in the arts establishment. Claire Neesham investigates Earlier this autumn the Colville Place...
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Glittering prizes
Amartya Sen has accepted Kingston University's offer of an honorary degree. Professor Sen will be in Stockholm collecting his Nobel prize in economics on the day of the official ceremony - but will...
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In the news
Last December Graham Lane, the ebullient Labour education chairman of the Local Government Association, got a nice Christmas present. The government set up a further education student support...
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The THES Diary
Mind-bender Fender In an attempt to promote openness, the Higher Education Funding Council for England held its first open day last week. Chairs of university governing bodies and staff from...
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On the move
Robert Beattie, community investment coordinator with IBM UK Ltd, has been appointed chairman of the new Scottish Further Education Funding Council, which will be set up on January 1. Mr Beattie is...
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Navigating the moral maze
South Africa's search for a new ethics must involve everybody in a living bill of rights, says Brenda Gourley Academic diversity, some claim, can lead easily to moral and ethical apathy. It has been...
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Eye witness
Europe's historical powder keg continues to smoulder as international efforts to bring peace to the Serbian province of Kosovo are confused by mixed signals from Belgrade. While Yugoslav president...
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Teaching fund fillip
Essex University has set up an Pounds 25,000 annual fund to encourage innovation in teaching and learning. Staff can bid for up to Pounds 5,000 for individual projects with collaborative bids linking...
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The all-work and no-play way to a degree
Students nowadays are more mature, resourceful and realistic, but is over-assessment pushing them too hard, asks Jim Parry When we moan about workloads, it is the growing demands on academics that...
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The tough transition from school deadlines
The all-work and no-play way to a degree Jim Gardner, National Union of Students vice-president for education, says there is a strong case for integrating study skills into the undergraduate...
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Letter
The use of learning outcomes such as employability skills seems to be gaining respectability (THES, November 13; November 20), yet they embody aims and values that are the antithesis of what many...
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Letter
Michael Bulley responds to Phil Race's article on learning outcomes (Letters, November 20) by criticising the use of jargon and saying he has no idea of what the learning outcome of his teaching is...