Statements of intent
You report that failure to write an impact statement on a grant application does not affect the likelihood of obtaining funding, but your figures show the opposite ("Refusal to comply on impact...
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Lingua frankly
South Korean universities are recruiting more foreign faculty in a bid to internationalise their campuses and boost their standings in world university rankings. But unless better attempts are made...
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Hairy moment
If you are going to place large colour pictures of former Education Secretary and Beard of the Year Charles Clarke in Times Higher Education, could you put a warning on the cover first, please? ("...
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You guys kill me
Laurie Taylor keeps getting more accurate and funny. Jorge Cham, too. His Nature vs Science comparison was spot on (4 February). Congratulations on the funnies.John Robinson, University of York.
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University of Bristol - Brace yourselves
The vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol has warned staff that they face another year of wage restraint before national negotiations begin on pay for 2010-11. Eric Thomas says in a message to...
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University of Stirling - Saving the planet
Five research apprenticeships in areas fundamental to the world's future have been established at the University of Stirling. The posts in the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences are...
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Anglia Ruskin University - Boost to Harlow's status
A new university centre at Harlow has been given the go-ahead by planning officials. The centre, to be set up by Anglia Ruskin University, has been approved by Harlow District Council, allowing work...
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Nottingham Trent University - A bear's necessities
A student has made a 29-year-old polar bear the subject of her dissertation project. Annie Burgin, a zoo biology student at Nottingham Trent University, is studying how Mercedes - the only polar bear...
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University of Sheffield - Birds of pray
Rare peregrine falcons are being encouraged to nest in Sheffield for the first time after a university estates team constructed a special platform on a local church. Over the past few years, the...
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University of Reading - Open-access all areas
A university has joined a growing trend by mandating staff to deposit research outputs in an online institutional repository. The Central Archive at the University of Reading will become the official...
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University of Glasgow - Words of value
Royalties earned by a university following the publication last year of the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary are to be pumped into a series of postgraduate scholarships to fund...
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Institute of Education - Life starts now
Retirement should be seen as an exciting new chapter in a person's life, according to a book by staff at the Institute of Education, University of London. Retiring Lives, edited by academics Eileen...
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A clear and present danger
Many scholars feel that their freedom to question is in danger of being eroded or even lost. Zoe Corbyn examines the threat in the UK, while Christoph Bode and David Gunkel consider the state of...
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My eureka moment: Rocks and hard places
Mike Petterson's geological expertise has seen him travel the world, but perhaps his greatest eureka moments have come in Afghanistan, amid his efforts to help rebuild a shattered country
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11 February 2010
Bound and gagged - Threats to academic freedom from without and within