Robert Gordon uses slick logic to tap the assets of its environment
New principal emphasises importance of links with local industries. Hannah Fearn reports
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United StatesRepublicans rebuffed at MadisonThe senate of a US university has voted in favour of its chancellor taking a lead in "contesting and resisting the misuse" of Wisconsin's freedom of...
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Land of the free, home of the persistent gender pay gap
Female scholars are still fewer in number, lower in status and less well paid. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Clash of the centuries
Trinity College Dublin staff follow ancient traditions in the election of their head, but one voter fears their loss as the state encroaches
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Ranks for Nature and Science by citation impact
Ranks for %3Ci%3ENature%3C/i%3E and %3Ci%3EScience%3C/i%3E by citation impactData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 2000-10FieldNature rankNature papersCitation...
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Banking on doubling foreign enrolments is 'unbelievable' aim
Universities are relying on unrealistic targets for overseas income, it is claimed. John Morgan reports
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Private colleges threaten legal action to challenge crippling visa policy
The government faces possible legal action by independent colleges that claim changes to the student visa system are discriminatory and risk crippling their businesses.
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UCU plans fresh strikes over USS
Union bid to expose hard-line v-cs who refuse to call for talks on pensions, writes John Morgan
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'Unfair' plans will mean big losses for small institutions
GuildHE calls for a rethink of proposed income threshold for innovation grant. Simon Baker reports
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I was on strike, you just didn't notice I had gone
When is a strike not a strike? The answer may be when no one notices your absence.After recent industrial action by the University and College Union, a union representative at the University of...
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Impact initiative will 'corrupt thinking', Nobel laureates claim
Nine Nobel laureates have thrown their weight behind a campaign urging academics to refuse to assess the impact section of research council grant applications they referee.
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Ambitious postdocs jostle for scant permanent posts
Poor job security a major issue in survey of chemist and physicist PhD graduates, writes Paul Jump
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Work is exhausting: more student contact 'predicts' burnout
Academics are as stressed as health professionals, a global analysis finds. Matthew Reisz reports
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Cable's attack on 'irrational' fee plans leads v-cs to seek more say on policy
Vice-chancellors have demanded more input into government policy after many reacted with dismay to a ministerial attack on universities planning to introduce tuition fees of about £9,000 a year.
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Panels grow but discontent lingers
Hispanists claim they are still under-represented despite concessions in Ref. Paul Jump writes