Ditch the dialogue of the daft
Alison Utley ("Too loving spoonfuls", THES, October 16) has touched on a major problem that almost all the dominant forces in our education system have a vested interest in ignoring. Students do...
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Agony aunt
Is it worth trying to find enough work placements for my students when there seems to be a recession around the corner and every chance, therefore, that employers will be tightening their belts? We...
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Firms train undergrads
Midland Bank, BP and PriceWaterhouseCoopers are among companies in Yorkshire helping to teach University of York students basic skills that employers say they want. Training in language and computer...
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OU helps 200 for free
The Open University in Scotland has offered free tuition to an extra 200 people on low incomes or benefits as part of a Scottish Office initiative to widen participation in part-time higher education...
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Students word goes
All academics seeking promotion at the University of Nottingham will have to submit the results of a student questionnaire evaluating their teaching. Questionnaires will be conducted on at least a...
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Second chancers
Fifty new entrants to Dundee University have won their places through its intensive ten-week summer school that aims to bring people with a disrupted education up to university entrance standard....
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How to Compile a portfolio
WHAT. In the final part ofour four-part series on key skills, Peter Burke and Bob Rainbow look at methods of tracking students' achievements using portfolios WHY. Portfolios help students hone their...
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Star Turn
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...