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Parliamentary oversightMPs probe peer review and cutsThe Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into peer review. It is inviting written evidence on the "operation and...
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Invasion of the union snatchers?
UCU trio claim body is being 'taken over' by SWP and left-wing members. John Morgan reports
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Management feud behind Abertay Dundee suspensions, source claims
An irreconcilable breakdown in relations among members of the University of Abertay Dundee’s senior management team is behind the suspension of its principal and his deputy, Times Higher Education...
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We will stand together to defend education
The academy is under unprecedented threat in the United Kingdom. The Government is cutting support for teaching in higher education by 80 per cent, and forcing universities to charge up to £9,000 per...
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One size will not fit all (1 of 3)
The Higher Education Academy's consultation on the UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning recently closed. The review was undertaken in part because take-up of the...
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One size will not fit all (2 of 3)
Two strengths of the original standards framework were its brevity and its ability to be implemented in differing higher education contexts. The proposed changes to the standard descriptors imply a...
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One size will not fit all (3 of 3)
The HEA's consultation on a UK Professional Standards Framework for Teaching and Supporting Learning has offered a valuable opportunity to reflect on how universities support their lecturers'...
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Now, concentrate (1 of 2)
In your letters page last week, correspondents reviled me as "elitist" ("Elitist pipe dream", January). At least it makes a change from being reviled as a lefty.I wish the writers had taken the...
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Now, concentrate (2 of 2)
Apropos the discussion of research concentration, Martin McQuillan and his colleagues from Kingston University claim to be on a "greater mission: social inclusion" with a concern for the "...
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Who should benefit?
It is possible that the haemorrhaging of funding to European Union students studying in the UK arises because of the way in which we describe the student support system ("Fees shift could leave UK '...
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Reel access
There are misconceptions about the British Film Institute's proposals for the relocation of its library from central London to its building on the South Bank. Namely, that this will result in...
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Working title?
John Warren says the now ubiquitous title "professor" is "associated with the publication of highly regarded papers in increasingly narrow fields" ("Here a prof, there a prof", Opinion, January). I...
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Getting to the nitty-gritty
Isn't it rather ironic that Newman University College in Birmingham used financial savings from carbon reduction schemes to purchase a new gritter to keep the campus open during snowy weather ("Get a...
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UHI Millennium Institute gains full university status
The University of the Highlands and Islands has been awarded full university status, raising hopes that the remote region may retain more of its young people.
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Visa plans could spell disaster for UK, MPs hear
The UK government risks causing a collapse in international demand for study in the country similar to that experienced in Australia if it mishandles its policy on visas, a cross-party group of MPs...