Untamed truth
The battle between a Victorian author and his publisher over a novel about female medical students is revealed in a book by academic David Finkelstein. Dr Finkelstein, head of the media and...
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News Spin to win? Are university spin-offs the answer to cash problems? Features What does the monarchy mean to you? Academics from Afghanistan to Jordan and the UK give their views. Glenn Murcutt in...
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Scots seek strategy to join the RAE elite
Scottish ministers need to look at their strategy linking research to economic development in the wake of Scotland's absence from the research elite in the latest research assessment exercise. This...
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Grant for AHRB fellows rises to match salaries
Researchers in the creative and performing arts will be able to apply for the cost of their full salary following a review of the Arts and Humanities Research Board fellowship scheme. The three-year...
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Aberdeen lends home to Scots Parliament
Aberdeen University will next week make history by housing the Scottish Parliament. The 129 MSPs are moving north to Aberdeen's King's College conference centre to allow their Edinburgh premises to...
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Rainbow fund to help spin-offs to pot of gold
The government has launched its first seed-capital fund, designed to help start spin-off companies from public research laboratories. The £4 million Rainbow fund will make investments in individual...
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Champion sought for post-16 learning unit
The government announced this week that it is seeking a "further education champion" to run a new unit devoted to raising standards in post-16 learning. The unit will be responsible for standards and...
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Woman withdraws case against principal
Elaine McGonigle, a former St Andrews University employee who accused principal Brian Lang of sexual harassment and bullying, this week settled her dispute with the university only minutes before the...
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Hefce names teachers at the top of their class
Twenty lecturers who have won £50,000 each in the third annual national teaching fellowship scheme run by the Higher Education Funding Council for England were announced this week. They are: Diane...
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Linguist analyses how jokes raise a laugh
Graeme Ritchie of Edinburgh University's division of informatics is taking a serious look at how jokes work, dismantling and analysing the language they use. He hopes to take existing concepts from...
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Lack of support kills dreams
Schools and the costs of study are turning young people off higher education, it emerged this week. The supposedly elitist image of universities is not to blame. A MORI poll published on Wednesday...
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'Overhaul foundation degree structure'
The funding of and regulations for foundation degrees need to be overhauled if government targets for boosting skills and widening participation are to be met, policy-makers have been warned....
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Survey shows real-terms cut
One in five higher education institutions will suffer a real-terms cut in funding next year, a survey by Universities UK has found, writes Alan Thomson. It means that about 20 universities and higher...
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Warwick hints at higher fees
University chiefs have given their clearest indication yet that they favour higher tuition fees for students, writes Alan Thomson. Baroness Warwick, chief executive of Universities UK, told MPs this...
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Local union row threatens national talks
Relations between two of the chief negotiators in national talks on lecturers' terms and conditions have all but collapsed, threatening the progress of the new joint negotiating machinery. Jill Jones...