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
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UHI cuts six Gaelic posts
Dismayed funders question viability of institution's language-promotion mission. Hannah Fearn writes
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News in Brief
Chinese researchWeb of Knowledge spreads EastThomson Reuters has launched a new version of its Web of Knowledge that will expand the facility's coverage of research carried out in China. The widely...
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'Political victimisation' charge as UCL penalises student activists
Those accused of March occupation are told they face community service. John Morgan reports
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Independent authority
The British Academy can be proud of its steadfastly arm's-length allocation of public funds, Adam Roberts argues
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Impact: Collisions and Catastrophes
Monica Grady's thoughts turn to the end times in light of a striking exhibition on close encounters of the worst kind
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Arts review: The Tempest
A fresh, vivid and humorous retelling of Shakespeare's Tempest captivates Peter J. Smith