First Impressions
This week's First Impressions was written by a supercivilised man: "I am standing on the Pont des Arts in Paris." Entries to First Impressions, The THES, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London...
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Sitting pretty with Mary Allan
Kate Pretty, the principal of Homerton College Cambridge, tells a tale of quads, tables, and natural ventilation to Peter Sandy In her first five years as principal, Kate Pretty has turned round...
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All together now, children
Top researchers have been lured to a transformed Institute of Child Health which lets scientists and clinicians mingle happily. Peter Sandy reports. People work well if they are given good...
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Mr Fixit of campus fugit
Greenwich University has been in training for years for higher education's heritage coup of the century - its occupation of Sir Christopher Wren's Royal Naval College. With its collection of listed...
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The future? A pay-your-own-way free-for-all
Imagine tomorrow's world. Then think again. Fari Aklaghi looks at how scenario planning can help you be more realistic. That higher education faces considerable challenges in the near future is...
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Snuggle up, I'm feeling optimistic
The federation formed by four Manchester business schools three years ago is soon to be embodied in a £7-million building built to house one of the partners. The facility is in the city centre at the...
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PFI: modern estate management's Man Friday
Remember that with PFI you are buying a service, not a building, advises Mike Sherrington. As a relative latecomer to private finance initiative contracts, higher education estate management has been...
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No more carry on campus
With more than 200,000 university bed spaces in England alone, one for every first-year undergraduate not living at home, student residences are big business. A further 11,000 spaces are under...
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Wanted: flexible, responsible, all-round genius
There seem to be more and more advertisements for heads of estates. They all say they want the successful candidate to be a seasoned all-rounder, with a proven track record of delivering an economic...
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Tower of strength
(Photograph) - Trainer was re-elected by the National Union of Students conference in Blackpool this week for a second year as president. He pledged to fight against top-up fees, promote wider...
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Graduates resigned to debt
GRADUATES are increasingly accepting debt as a fact of life, according to the findings of a national survey. Only one third of students graduating last year said they were worried, concerned or angry...
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Dolly fails to find warm hello
DOLLY should never have been cloned, Britain's first gene jury has been told. More than 400 members of the public took centre stage last week at the debate hosted by the Wellcome Trust. The audience...
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Poor performers targeted
FIFTY "under-performing" academics are to be axed by Nottingham University in an attempt to improve ratings in the next research assessment round. Lecturers have until May to decide whether to leave...
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College risks Natfhe strike
Sheffield College is facing the possibility of a total shutdown after its lecturers voted for industrial action over plans to cut more than 200 jobs. Members of lecturers' union Natfhe voted 56 per...
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