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Blog confidential: Embarrassing inconsistencies and outrageous behaviour
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online.
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Appointments
University of Nottingham NingboAndrew MartonAn academic who chose to climb the Great Wall of China rather than collect his doctorate has come full circle by taking up a senior post at the University...
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Top European Institutions in Psychiatry and Psychology
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-February 2010
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Willetts signals boost for external providers
Mixed response to proposals for private takeovers of public institutions. Simon Baker reports
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#loveHE
This week's tweet of the week is:Being able to learn new stuff as you work is great - @ncurrantTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @timeshighered, using the hashtag #loveHE. Our favourite each...
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'Serious defects' apparent in 'crude' European rankings project
U-Map and U-Multirank fail to solve problems they aimed to fix, study suggests. Hannah Fearn writes
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Close links to BP could tar Cambridge reputation
The University of Cambridge could suffer "reputational damage" over its relationship with BP following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, an academic has warned.Gillian Evans, emeritus professor of...
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BMJ chief calls for a cure for medical 'mess'
The evidence base for clinical medicine and health policy is "a mess", with major problems affecting journals, regulation and public access to information.Such were the views of Fiona Godlee, editor-...
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Floating an idea
These paper boats carry a precious cargo: the hopes of hundreds of children.The boats were launched last week outside the University of Sussex's Meeting House as part of Universities Week, which was...
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Academics resist culture of sheer 'carelessness'
University life is still underpinned by caring values, despite market pressures. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Leading lights
Winning smiles abounded at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2010 last week.The event, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, was attended by more than 1,000 people....
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Newton scheme may be grounded
Fate of scholarships and enterprise fund will be decided in the autumn. John Morgan reports
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News in Brief
Flexible learningTwo years better than threeStudents who take two-year undergraduate degrees achieve better results than those who study for the standard three years, a conference has heard. An...
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Sports-park model is a winner, Surrey claims
Commercial set-up could set gold standard, but union criticises job contracts. Simon Baker writes