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Harriet Swain sits in on a philosopher who ensures he is never a lone lecturer Before joining the University of East Anglia, Rupert Read, director of philosophy of literature, used to be more daring...
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Sales pitch for Scots export
Industry has teamed up with higher education north of the border to market its distance-teaching skills worldwide. Olga Wojtas reports Scottish Knowledge, a unique venture to export Scotland's...
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Devolution may make SHEFC redundant
Scottish university leaders are questioning whether the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council should continue to exist under a devolved parliament. The Committee of Scottish Higher Education...
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Helen Liddell
* Scottish education minister Helen Liddell is today set to give institutions a new funding boost. In her keynote address to the Coshep forum, Mrs Liddell will stress the sector's importance in...
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HE lacks cash to reinvest
Universities and other higher education institutions are still struggling - and in 36 cases, failing - to make ends meet, according to figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for England....
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Israeli students protest over fees
Tel Aviv. Thousands of Israeli students locked the gates of their universities and took to the streets in a wave of demonstrations this week, demanding that the government halve tuition fees from 10,...
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Victory for animal rights
Animal rights campaigners have won the right to check academics' proposals for experiments before they can take place. But a row is brewing over exactly how much information they will be able to...
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Attempts to teach all classes
Higher education is starting to target students from low-income groups. Maggie Woodrow reports Higher-income groups still dominate higher education. While a third of over-18s now participates overall...
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Why I think students know nothing about anything
Will Macdonald, A producer with the independent production company Ginger Television and Chris Evans's stooge on the Channel Four programme TFI Friday, presented a new student quiz, Carry on Campus,...
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Graduates on wards
The next generation of nurses will need better qualifications as well as more pay, says Sue Howard Debate about the move of nursing towards an all-graduate profession has gained momentum in recent...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES ... Jules Pretty explained why we should ban genetically modified crops. Adeela Warley Public information manager Friends of the Earth I would like to register my personal...
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Leaks that go with the information flow
Technology is about to transform the way we buy and use learning, Nigel Paine says The clock is ticking for learning in the 21st century. To be successful we have to transform the relationship...
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A snog-free zone
A sense of humour is essential in maintaining classroom discipline, says Sally Brown During a lecture you are suddenly confronted with a pair of entwined students kissing passionately. Behind them a...
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Ulster unease over Queen's
Northern Ireland's new Assembly has voiced concern over the massive revamp planned at Queen's University. But managers at the Belfast campus have refused to take part in a joint delegation to the...
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Pounds 500 prize for teaching
The University of Bradford is making a series of awards for excellence in teaching. Nominations from current and former students will be considered by a selection panel which will make...