Solent may merge with further education college
Southampton Solent University plans to merge with a further education college in the city.The Southampton City College campus is ten minutes' walk from the university and lies adjacent to its halls...
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Can we talk about this?
Union confrontations will not help the sector achieve the financial stability that secures jobs, Bill Wakeham says
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The petty meanness is bitterly recalled, but the kindness is repaid
Fundraisers reap what university staff sow. Adrian Furnham explains why one alma mater will not receive a single penny from him
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If there's no cause for complaint, students should be held to account
Universities ought to protect their lecturers by taking action against those who make unfounded allegations against them, argues Ian Greener
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An unpaid ambassador
Patricia Lee, the wife of Simon Lee, former vice-chancellor of Leeds Met, responds to the media's slings and arrows
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The week in higher education
Almost a quarter of France's state-run universities remain crippled because of an ongoing strike by staff and students. The protests, now in their 14th week, have already gone on long enough to...
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For-profit growth predicted if US giant buys UK's BPP
Acquisition could spark expansion of private providers, writes Melanie Newman
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Lecturer apologises to researcher for swapping names in grant application
An academic received a written apology from a senior colleague who took her name off a grant application and submitted it under his own.Sinead Rhodes, a psychology researcher who has won a claim of...
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Putting the glitz on antimatter
Cern physicists critique their portrayal in the latest Hollywood blockbuster. John Gill reports
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US scholar damns UK PhDs after 'regrettable experience'
Website of academic who spent nine fruitless years at Brighton warns others off study. John Gill reports
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Not in my name - v-c loses fight for his domain
A former lecturer at the University of Kingston has won the right to continue using the domain name www.sirpeterscott.com - the name of Kingston's vice-chancellor.Howard Fredrics, a senior lecturer...
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Liverpool John Moores reneged on job promise, lecturer argues
An academic has accused Liverpool John Moores University of terminating his contract despite having guaranteed him three years' employment if he succeeded in a grant application.John Middleton,...
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Claim over race and RAE
A former research fellow at The Robert Gordon University is taking the institution to an employment tribunal over its failure to include her in the 2008 research assessment exercise.Jiaolan Bowden, a...
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External examiners 'not taken seriously' says QAA
Standards watchdog calls for national guidelines after examiners complain their advice is ignored
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Best foot forward
Dancers and academics at the University of Teesside are challenging the view of dance as a "Cinderella subject".Although dance activities are booming thanks to TV shows such as Strictly Come Dancing...