Geologists dig far too deep
University geology courses are largely irrelevant to modern living and should shift their focus from the earth's core and mantle to the inhabited crust, the director of the British Geological Survey...
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Sale time nears for royal star chambers
The government looks set to give the final go-ahead to the sale of the two royal observatories. The Royal Greenwich Observatory works closely with Cambridge University and the Royal Observatory...
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Treasury looks at PFI tax
The Treasury is considering removing VAT on university projects funded under the Private Finance Initiative in an effort to inject life into the flagging scheme. While there are still hurdles to...
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Admissions chaos near
University admissions are likely to be thrown into chaos as unions reveal plans to step up their campaign over pay. Lecturers' unions say that if next Tuesday's one-day strike fails to break the...
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Employers resort to the courts to resolve employment disputes
Unions revealed this week that their legal bills are soaring as members and employers resort to the courts to resolve employment disputes. The AUT has reported a 70 per cent increase in its legal...
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Southampton report hits an attitude problem
The author of an independent report on internal communications problems at Southampton Institute was told to strike out references to "attitudes" from his paper, it emerged this week. Ian Pirie, vice...
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A report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
A report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England on internal control arrangements has concluded: "There have not been breaches of the principles of good governance, and irregularities...
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Dear Dearing
People love British higher education - but they cannot agree how to pay for it. That is the message of many of the several hundred submissions received up to Wednesday by Sir Ron Dearing's National...
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Hand to mouth
(Photograph) - Nearly a fifth of the world's population will go to bed hungry tonight. As the World Food Summit opens in Rome this week, food experts discuss the cause of the problem and what can be...
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Philosophy wins prizes for bad prose
A 139-word sentence has won the second Bad Writing Contest, run by the journal Philosophy and Literature. The challenge is to come up with the ugliest and most stylistically awful sentence from a...
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Signature stroke
And finally Antithesis would like to wish a highly creative hello to the principal of the Wimbledon College of Art, Professor Colin Painter.
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Flexing their muscle
THE DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT How to reconcile flexibility and funding? On the day of the deadline for submissions to the Dearing Inquiry, Simon Midgley outlines the hopes and fears of...
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Let's get down to business, says CBI
Universities must form tighter partnerships with business, the Confederation of British Industry warned this week. Pressure from industry to improve the business acumen of graduate recruits and the...
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Quality assessor who fell asleep on the job
Excessive costs and inspector "incompetence" are two of the criticisms of teaching quality assessment exercises contained in a report released this week. The University Council of Modern Languages'...
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Other business
Oxford University is investigating alternative sites for its planned Said Business School after original proposals were rejected by dons. It is also planning a postal ballot of the 3,200 dons in the...