Publisher 'threat' to open access
Elsevier approaches v-cs about taking repositories out of universities' hands. Zoe Corbyn reports
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News in brief
Stem subjectsProject to raise numbers kicks offA £20 million programme to raise the number of students graduating in science, technology, engineering and maths is to begin this summer. Details of the...
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Daytime TV: The personal touch
Gary Day is impressed by Barbara's sales technique but depressed by a less-than-funny satire
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18 June 2009
Green pacesetters - Who has the UK’s most sustainable campus?
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Report calls for extra support for early careers chemists
Researchers face a number of challenges. Zoe Corbyn reports
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A levels are ‘hollow preparation’ for university
Think-tank says qualification reduces readiness for independent study. Hannah Fearn reports
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Tara Brabazon: Committed to fighting and thinking
As librarians are being retitled and rebranded, Tara Brabazon focuses on their vital role
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Mandelson’s mission to build knowledge and creativity
Setting out his stall as head of the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, government First Secretary Lord Mandelson answers a series of written questions put to him by Times Higher...
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Reward fund praised for improving HR
£888m RDS scheme helped modernise human resource management, report finds, but UCU says impact on staff pay was minimal. Hannah Fearn writes
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Bullied Blogger: Goodbye to all that…
16 June: This is my final blog post. I want to conclude my thoughts on this experience, which has lasted more than eight months.I am still terribly bitter about what happened. There are things I...
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Science minister wants select committee only for science
Lord Drayson says new department is too big. Phil Baty reports
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Universities need to change tack to succeed in industry
Account managers are key to partnerships between academics and business, conference hears. Hannah Fearn reports
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Queen's Birthday Honours 2009
Knights BachelorProfessor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran. Professor and head of obstetrics and gynaecology and president, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to medicine. (London...
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BIS remit ‘too broad’ for one select committee
Government urged to separate science and technology for scrutiny. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Lords condemn ‘retrograde’ department merger
Government’s perception of the value of higher education called into question. Rebecca Attwood reports