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Young academics ‘will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement’
Young academics will be 30 per cent worse off in retirement than their older colleagues, a new study suggests.
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Terence Kealey steps down as Buckingham v-c
Terence Kealey has retired from his position as vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, the privately funded institution has announced.
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New University Enterprise Zones launched
The government has announced four new University Enterprise Zones that will be set up across the country.
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University schools ‘told to improve’
A string of universities sponsoring school academies have been told to raise their games in light of poor standards.
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King’s College strike to coincide with royal visit
Princess Anne to open new neuroscience building as staff take action over job cuts
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Graduate employment rates rise again
Graduate employment rates have risen for a second successive year, but are still yet to reach pre-recession levels, new figures show.
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Goldsmiths allows student on v-c pay committee
A London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to sit on the panel that decides vice-chancellors’ pay, a union has said.
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Imperial broke animal welfare rules on ‘unacceptable scale’
Imperial College London broke animal welfare rules “on an unacceptable scale”, creating an “unacceptable risk” of “appreciable” harm to animals.
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Mark Pegg stepping down as head of Leadership Foundation
Mark Pegg is to step down as chief executive of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education this month, it has been announced.
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THE podcast: 3-9 July 2014 issue review
Download the podcastA Home Office investigation into universities’ London campuses, this week’s Times Higher Education Books section, and what happens when scholars pass on the baton of their...
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Four things to know about venture capital-funded spin-offs
A $1 billion buyout of a UK biotech firm netted founder David S. Latchman just $709. He offers advice on seeking investors
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Scots fear losing access to UK research council system
Paper reveals that university principals worry more about a common research area than English ‘fee refugees’
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A vote to leave the market
As an Englishman living in Scotland who has spent half his life in England and half in Scotland, I will be voting for independence on 18 September.I intend to vote this way not for nationalist...
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The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China, by Kerry Brown
Seven men rule the Middle Kingdom, but why them? Jonathan Mirsky on a study of Party potentates