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Higher Education

Students take legal action: We'll put the law on to you

Published: 21 September 2006

A university faces legal action by students in what could turn out to be a test case.

Fashion Courses: International trendsetters

Published: 21 September 2006

Andy Sharman on scholarships Armani is funding at a school based in London, Paris and Milan

Desmond Tutu's life goes online

Published: 14 September 2006

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a key figure in South Africa's history. His story will now be told in a vast internet archive. By Nick Jackson

How to survive life as a student

Published: 14 September 2006

Nervous freshers are starting university. A new book shows them how to cope, says Lucy Hodges

Who needs state funding, anyway?

Published: 14 September 2006

A research centre has been set up at Sussex that will rely entirely on private money

Andrew Oswald: Don't drink too much - or miss any classes

Published: 14 September 2006

It was the word "para-digm" that threw me. During my first sociology seminar group, a fearsomely clever hippie-lookalike with an Irish lilt and sticky-up hair kept inserting it into amazing sentences, while I, silent and uncomfortable in my seat, had no idea what the word meant. Then there was the shock of the first vast economics lecture where we were all just insignificant notebooks in a giant, tiered field of rustling notebooks.

Leading article: Economic test

Published: 07 September 2006

New proposals from the research councils to require researchers to show that their work will be economically useful is raising hackles in Academe. Until now academic merit has been the only criterion for a grant, but from henceforth a commercial test is to be applied. Academics argue that this kind of development will squeeze out blue-skies inquiry and mean that future Einsteins, Newtons and Darwins will not get funding. The Government's desire to ensure that taxpayers' money is wisely spent is understandable. But it will be vital in any new regime to ensure that potentially ground-breaking research does not get overlooked.

Lessons for the state sector

Published: 07 September 2006

Why are the nation's happiest students at its only private university?

Conservatoires: disabilities no obstacle

Published: 07 September 2006

If you have a disability but want to sing, act or dance, don't be deterred. The doors of the conservatoires are now open to all young people with talent and determination

Open View: To increase participation in higher education, universities must be flexible

Published: 05 September 2006

If you are involved in Scottish higher education, you might wonder what all the fuss was about. Over the summer Alan Johnson, the Secretary of State for Education, was reported to be "quietly distancing himself" from the target of 50 per cent participation in higher education by 2010. The Government had already toned down expectations with talk of "working towards" the target. The percentage of 17- to 30-year-olds entering higher education in England has been resolutely stuck at 42 or 43 per cent for the past five years. Five years ago, Scotland reached 50 per cent, counting under-21s only.

In search of a part-time paradise

Published: 05 September 2006

Part-timers make up 43 per cent of the undergraduate population, yet they are often overlooked by policy-makers. Yvonne Cook looks at why the sector needs to raise its profile

Profile: 'I studied via my laptop and mobile'

Published: 05 September 2006

How not going to a bricks-and-mortar institution helped a student buy a house

Leading article: Student groans

Published: 31 August 2006

On the face of it, this year's National Student Survey showed students overwhelmingly satisfied with their courses: 80 per cent expressed satisfaction. But a closer examination of the statistics showed worrying signs of dissatisfaction with feedback and assessment. Universities should be concerned that 49 per cent of students thought the feedback they received from lecturers was slow and unhelpful and that almost one quarter felt that the marking criteria were unclear. In the new world of top-up fees the universities will have to start making sure that students are given the information they need otherwise they will find their customers taking their custom elsewhere.

Michael Mumisa: How young muslims are being led astray

Published: 31 August 2006

Channel 4 recently relaunched Shariah TV, a five-part discussion series designed to give "young Muslims the chance to discuss the dilemmas and prospects they face in secular British society, with the help of a panel of Muslim clerics". A carefully selected audience, aged 18 to 35, was drawn from university campuses and Islamic student societies, and invited to put questions to a panel of "prominent and distinguished moderate Islamic scholars and experts". The series was hailed as ground-breaking by a number of Muslim organisations, and managed to win a following among some Muslim students on UK campuses.

Furious dispute in the ivory towers

Published: 31 August 2006

John Hood has rewritten his plans to reform the way that Oxford University is run. But the vice-chancellor has still not pacified the rebels.

Cool places to go to college

Published: 17 August 2006

Lofty spires, worthy tutors and libraries are all very well. But where should you apply if your undergraduate interests are a little more extra-curricular? Thousands of places are still up for grabs - and lots of them in cities you might not have considered. Whether it's bargain beer, great gigs, cutting-edge clubs or fashionable friends you're after, Anthony Leyton presents the insider's guide to Britain's hip university hotspots

Q: What did you get up to at university?

Published: 16 August 2006

The best days of your life? Or just one big wasted opportunity? Too much time in the pub? Or endless hours in the library? Whether for good or bad, the years we spend at university are among our most formative. As thousands of A-level students wait nervously to discover where they'll be heading, those who have gone before them share their memories and relive their adventures

Old universities: How the elite are buying the brightest

Published: 16 August 2006

Oxford and Cambridge have large budgets to attract talent

Forward planning (and a job) can pay the bills

Published: 16 August 2006

Keep a close eye on your finances and don't give in to debt, says Amy McLellan

Student fees: How to survive the new regime

Published: 16 August 2006

This autumn's new financial arrangements mean students are paying higher fees - but receiving more in grants and bursaries. Amy McLellan explains

Why there's no place like home from some students

Published: 16 August 2006

Living with your parents is a financially sound option for a growing number of students, says Steve McCormack

Are you a model student?

Published: 16 August 2006

Paid work is an ideal way to subsidise your studies, as long as it doesn't clash with class. Nick Jackson reports

Young institutions are competing with old to offer tempting bursaries and scholarships

Published: 16 August 2006

New universities, with their reputations for providing wider access to higher education, are particularly keen to make sure that lower-income applicants aren't scared off by the new fees regime being introduced this autumn.

Specialist subjects: Research the physics of financial support

Published: 16 August 2006

Financial incentives are available in certain specialist subject areas, says Andy Sharman

Myleene Klass: Why she's FirstKlass

Published: 16 August 2006

The popstar, pianist and presenter is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music
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