Should a royal commission be set up?
Sian Griffiths asked people inside and outside Oxbridge whether they favour a royal commission. They hate the idea "There is a need to change the place because the pressures on the people teaching...
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Oxbridge job 'not a hobby'
St Edmund Hall fellows defend decision to oust Sir Stephen Tumim Ousted Oxford University head of house Sir Stephen Tumim was rejected by fellows at St Edmund Hall because "a modern Oxbridge...
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Storm as critics accused of hijacking controversy
Critics of the Oxbridge system have "hijacked" and misinterpreted the controversy over the ousting of Sir Stephen Tumim as head of Oxford's St Edmund Hall to pursue a separate reforming agenda, angry...
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Lords double for academics
Two working academics are included in the list of new peers announced this month. The Lords' gain is Sussex University's loss. Margaret Sharp, who has worked at the university's Science Policy...
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Awards
British Society for Parasitology The C. A. Wright Medal was presented to Richard Maizels, institute of cell, animal and population biology at the University of Edinburgh. The Saltire Society Bernard...
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Fellowships
The Royal Society On May 14, the following were elected fellows: Colin Atkinson, professor of applied mathematics, Imperial College, London. David Barker, director of the Medical Research Council...
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What a drag
The old jokes are the best, so here comes the first sentence of a Royal Society press release. "Cannabis may be clinically effective in some medical conditions, according to a joint submission by the...
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Bad losers
David Triesman, general secretary of the AUT, this week attacked any fee differentiation for students attending Scottish universities. But in the light of Scotland's exit from the World Cup, still...
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A sporting chance
Occasionally mentioned as a reshuffle candidate, Tessa Blackstone has been showing unexpected credentials for the post of Minister for Sport. Cornered by reporters after addressing a further...
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Never mind Morocco...
In the wake of sports minister Tony Banks's comments that the Scots football fans are behaving with grace and charm in order to show up their English counterparts, another embarrassment for the...
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Double your money
There was an unexpected addition to Glasgow University's honorary graduates last week: Frederick Barclay, one of the ultra-reclusive Barclay twins, the millionaire owners of a wide range of...
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Northern Ireland
Hitches of getting hitched. To merge or not to merge, that is the question. THES reporters ponder the pitfalls Speculation continues of possible further mergers of further and higher education...
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Caring, sharing
In a money-saving move, the UK research councils will next month relinquish almost their last London abode, a prime-location office block in Covent Garden, for a cosy sharing agreement with the...
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Trouble in Xanadu
Dome minister Peter Mandelson has reason to look worried. Rumours are flooding the architectural world that most or all of the "zones" planned for his Pleasure Dome are over budget. Could stress...
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Sleazebuster
Alumnus to be proud of no 178 is, in the usage of the Upper House, the noble and learned Lord Neill, former vice-chancellor of Oxford University and chairman of the committee on standards in public...