Students' unions pensions hit by 'massive cut'
Employees of students' unions are to see their final-salary pension scheme closed in a move affecting about 1,000 staff at 69 universities across the UK.
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Creativity in a rural idyll will 'benefit from global focus'
Bath Spa's new vice-chancellor plans to expand through internationalisation. Simon Baker reports
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News in brief
United StatesUniversity seeks to release recordLawyers for a US university are seeking authorisation to release the employment records of a former assistant professor who shot dead a graduate student...
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Cut it down and get Arsène a pint
London Met plans to slash its estate to save money and raise cash from what's left. John Morgan writes
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News in brief
Departmental reorganisationAt last, the chemistry is rightKing's College London has re-opened its chemistry department eight years after concluding that it was unsustainable. The closure in 2003...
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Satisfaction scores will fail to satisfy on standards
University quality is facing a double-edged threat, former standards chief warns. Jack Grove reports
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Rising costs of JANET could prompt hunt for commercial IT alternatives
Rural institutions may lose out if urban peers opt for market solutions. David Matthews reports
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Richmond faces inquiry into incentive payments
A private US university that offers dual-accredited degrees in London has been placed on probation by a degree-awarding body.
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Programme GrantsBasic sciences• Award winner: Anne Green• Institution: University of Nottingham• Value: £1,076Towards unambiguous dark matter detection and...
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Future of entire STEM disciplines in question
Growth in overseas postgrads far outstrips that of home students, says Hefce. Simon Baker reports
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Be ready to hit brakes on reforms if necessary, new UUK head tells ministers
The new president of Universities UK will call on ministers to slow down their higher education reforms if the changes produce too many problems.
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Data release ban threatens choice
A pledge to give students more help choosing a university is hitting a block, writes Simon Baker
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Female research dropouts threaten Europe's targets
Call for structural changes to help the EC meet its ambitious recruitment goals. Jack Grove reports
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Rankings methodology fine-tuned for 2011-12
The final methodology for the 2011-12 World University Rankings has been unveiled by Times Higher Education, ahead of the publication of the tables on Thursday, 6 October 2011.
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Postgraduate teachers might damage image
Universities' reputations could suffer if undergraduates perceive that the institutions are leaving teaching to "an insufficiently trained, inappropriately paid and poorly motivated workforce of...