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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILResearch Seminars CompetitionFunding has been awarded to 41 groups under the ESRC's Research Seminars Competition for 2009-10. The scheme aims to bring together...
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Blogconfidential: Pontius Pilate I am not...
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Pontius Pilate I am not...
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Appointments
University of NottinghamMartin BinksA one-time novelist with a flair for entrepreneurial thinking has been appointed dean of Nottingham University Business School. Martin Binks, who is also professor...
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Are we from Mars, from Venus, or all just human?
A series of debates aims to explore the big issues in gender-related research. Matthew Reisz reports
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Odds and quads
"Smugglerius", the cast of a flayed man or écorche, is still sometimes used to teach students at the Edinburgh College of Art.
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'Tribal' rites: HEA subject centres' decade of academic togetherness
On the eve of restructuring moves, scholars speak of the network's impact. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Excellence in the plural
We don't need any more world-class universities, says Rebecca Hughes; what we do need is greater diversity
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Show business that good graduates are well worth paying for
In a post-cuts landscape, David Docherty contends, the onus is on the academy to find ways to draw in vital corporate investment
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Truly supportive services
Institutions must focus closely on their duty of care for students with mental health difficulties, say Alastair Wilson and Richard Brunner
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The Week in Higher Education
As student protests spread, several ministers have been publicly confronted about the impending rise in tuition fees. But for Vince Cable, who like most Liberal Democrats signed a pre-election pledge...
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Private firms keen to take Queen's shilling for student support
Right-wing think tank hails end of state sector's 'cosy settlement' on loans. Simon Baker reports
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Edexcel eyes degree-awarding powers as FE 'peasants' are urged to revolt
Examination board Edexcel may apply for degree-awarding powers, Times Higher Education has learned.
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Diaries of doom, gloom and anger
Share survey records scholars' shocked reaction to Browne and the CSR. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Review's quality drive branded 'dangerous'
Lord Browne of Madingley's argument that greater competition between universities and more information for students will drive up quality has been described as "nonsense, dishonest and dangerous".
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Browne's plans to support part-timers do not mesh with reality, vice-chancellor claims
Fear that universities may have to restructure courses to fit new system. Simon Baker reports