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?= Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCESDarwin Studies: A Theorist and his Theories in their ContextsBy M.J.S. Hodge, senior fellow in history and philosophy of science, University of LeedsAshgate, £...
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From where I sit - The rise of the manager class
The increasing bureaucratisation and the ascendancy of managerialism in mainland China's universities has been a worry for some time, but now a scholar has produced data to show that the concerns are...
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No ultimatum for our Vice-Chancellor
Shock was expressed this week at the news that our Vice-Chancellor was one of the few higher education executives in the country not currently facing an ultimatum from their Board of Governors.In an...
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Modest revolt to save research from red tape
Research councils recently reminded us that they are required to demonstrate the impact of the research they fund. These bodies, our proxies for protecting the health and development of academic...
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Our duty to recover Met cash
Without prejudice to sensitive and ongoing discussions with institutions where Higher Education Funding Council for England funding has been overpaid because of inaccurate data returns, let me...
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Managers ought to pay
The Higher Education Funding Council for England's proposal to drastically cut London Metropolitan University's funding ("Hundreds rally to fight cuts at London Met", 5 February) seems to be a...
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Salary points 1
Malcolm Povey (Letters, 5 February) is in train with a recent line of University and College Union communications that have repeatedly - and falsely - referred to an "employers' offer of 0 per cent"...
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Salary points 2
Alan Walker (Letters, 5 February) states that the average percentage salary increase of staff at the University of Southampton between 2006 and 2008 was much greater than that seen by its vice-...
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Salary points 3
I was sorry to see the letter from Sally Hunt ("Pay talks not lectures", 29 January). After explaining the University and College Union's stance on the difficult negotiations between it, the other...
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Secondary sources
The trouble with lifting quotes ("Funding council grant repayments will also hit Kingston and Portsmouth", 5 February) from a story in a local paper, itself based on an earlier story produced by...
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Traditional qualities
I was naturally pleased that my use of non-traditional research and dissemination methods saw me branded a maverick in your article "Seriously fresh" (5 February). But I would like to clarify that I...
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Nigel Yates, 1944-2009
Nigel Yates, an internationally renowned ecclesiastical historian, has died.
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Off Piste: Lifetime kicks
Cary Cooper reflects on the ups and downs, the friendships and rivalries, the knife-edge thrills and raw passion of years spent loving a tribal and beautiful game
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Return to an age of reason
Kevin Fong welcomes Obama's promise to restore the importance of science
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Leader: Short-term outlook, no blue skies
By forcing academics to do R&D for industry, ministers stifle the type of curiosity-driven work that delivers the biggest bangs