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In this climate, USS plans are generous
In a letter to Times Higher Education on 10 March ("Employers, it's Acas or action - your choice"), Sally Hunt, the University and College Union's general secretary, threatens strike action to...
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Rationalise to survive
Earlier this month, 681 "deeply concerned" academics from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge wrote an open letter to The Independent newspaper, claiming that they had been forced to "fly blind...
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Left speechless
Can someone explain why none of the three research excellence framework panellists selected to represent Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American studies on the modern languages panel has any previous...
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Let evidence be your guide
Responses to the Bailey Review on the Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood led by Reg Bailey, chief executive of the Mothers' Union, are due this week.The report promises to address...
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Substance isn't sinister
In his article about whether or not Alfred Toepfer was a Nazi advocate ("Tainted money", 10 March), Richard Evans reports that "(Michael) Pinto-Duschinsky notes that a subsidiary of the Toepfer...
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Sting theory
As a zoologist (and a pedant), I was intrigued by the wasps' nest image in "Odds and Quads" (10 March). First, the nest is upside down. Second, the picture has no indication of scale - it is...
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Bargain-basement offers
The current debate on variable tuition fees and competition seems to miss the point that there are some areas where price is a relatively trivial element in decision-making. I am sure that a...
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Degrees of error
Those who drew up the questions for the UK's 2011 Census obviously have blank spots in their education. Individuals are asked to indicate whether they have a higher degree, for example, an MA, PhD or...
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Can't give up the day job
I note that Lord Hutton's plans for public sector pensions mean that university staff would have to work longer to get full pensions ("Peer's pension advice signals end to final-salary deals", www....
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Durham joins £9,000 club
Durham University has become the latest member of the 1994 Group to announce that it plans to charge the maximum undergraduate tuition fee allowed in 2012.
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Draft defamation bill given cautious welcome by libel reform campaigners
Campaigners have welcomed the publication by the government of its draft defamation bill, but have warned that it does not go far enough to protect the freedom of expression of academics, scientists...
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Oxford confirms it plans to charge £9k fees
The University of Oxford has confirmed that it plans to charge tuition fees of £9,000 a year from 2012-13, but it has also announced a package of support for poor students.
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Inside Higher Ed: The professor’s night job
By Dan Berrett, for Inside Higher Ed
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V-cs could lose pay if they fail to do a good job
Vice-chancellors could lose up to 10 per cent of their salaries if they fail to do their job properly under new plans to establish fair pay in the public sector.