The man who brought teaching in from the cold

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Graham Gibbs, a guru to the learning and teaching lobby in the United Kingdom, will take up the position of director of the Oxford Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education in January 2004, a reward for his extensive research into the theory of education. Gibbs, who is frustrated at much of what the government has planned for higher education, is optimistic that teaching in the country is improving, stating that the situation is much improved from that of 1975 and that activities to improve teaching in the UK are more extensive than in any other country.

Biography, Interview, Gibbs, Graham, Oxford Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education

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Role of new teaching academy still unclear

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Issues relating to the formation and role of the teaching quality academy that the UK government plans to form by merging the Learning and Teaching Support Network, the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and Hesda, a staff development agency, by 2004 are examined. Leslie Wagner, who retires from the position of vice-chancellor of Leeds University in summer 2003, is tipped to chair the new academy, the role of which is still unclear.

Acquisitions & mergers, Organizational history, Management, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Education, Higher, Higher education, Company restructuring/company reorganization, Reorganization and restructuring, Company organization, Educational aspects, Organization formation, Wagner, Leslie

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Doubts over lure of academy

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Doubts are emerging about the ability of the new higher education academy to attract members without significant reward or compulsion. Liz Allen, a national official at Natfhe, lecturers' union, argues that the real test of the academy will be whether it is able to re-engage academics.

Membership, Learned institutions and societies, Learned societies

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