Agony aunt
Q. My department is using more and more computer-aided learning and I detect that some of my students are becoming bored with pointing and clicking. How can this be avoided? A. Peter Murray-Rust,...
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Radcliffe melds with Harvard
BOSTON Radcliffe College, the 120-year-old sister school of Harvard University, will cease to exist as an independent institution under a long-anticipated merger plan revealed last week. The...
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Star Turn
Students at Glasgow University put a German intellectual slant on their sketches of disaster movies and Blind Date. Olga Wojtas sits in the audience at the end-of-term session Alison Phipps's German...
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Make a friend of a paperbin
When in doubt, throw it out. Phil Race gives some tips on how lecturers can cut their workload and the stress that plays havoc with their health "I'm already working a 70-hour week." "With these...
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NZ court forces Gould to rethink
WELLINGTON The powers of Waikato University vice-chancellor Bryan Gould have been curbed in a high court ruling that has been hailed as a landmark by New Zealand's Association of University Staff....
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How to teach with excellence
WHAT. Henry Ellington presents his seven golden rules for becoming an excellent teacher when working at tertiary level. WHY. Tertiary-level teachers are having to change their way of work to provide...
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Computer-deprived students end boycott but remain defiant
LIBREVILLE Students at Libreville's Universite Omar Bongo in Gabon have suspended a three-month boycott of classes and street demonstrations in protest at the absence of computers and internet...
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Old saloon opens to imbibers of learning
MELBOURNE Melbourne's Curzon Hotel lost its liquor licence in 1907 because of "unruly behaviour on the premises". While unruly behaviour can never be ruled out when ideas clash, it is unlikely ever...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) www....
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Hair-raising
(Photograph) - Doncaster College hairdressing student Esther Ackroyd puts the finishing touches to mayor Yvonne Woodcock's wig, created for the 250th anniversary celebrations of the town's Mansion...
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Natfhe in strike ballot threat
College and university lecturers' union Natfhe has voted to ballot for strike action if its members are offered only a 3.5 per cent pay rise. The union has not yet submitted its pay claim and its...
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Running with the wind of change
Teaching assessment focuses on stars, but it must also reward the hard slog of the majority, argues Caroline Bucklow It came as a bit of a shock when, along with other associate lecturers for the...
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Can spin-outs reap returns?
Having a stake in a Pounds 150 million firm might sound pretty appealing to the average academic, but the path to the successful spin-out can be strewn with obstacles. Martin Ince reports Academics...
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What gives you fever?
A genetic defect that scientists believe causes familial Hibernian fever, a rare condition mostly affecting people of Irish and Scottish decent, could provide new clues to the elusive mechanisms that...
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Diving for treasure fit for a king
Divers from St Andrews University believe they could be on the verge of solving a maritime mystery through an expedition to the bottom of the River Forth. A team of experts from the archaeological...