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  1. Leader: Awkward truths get short shrift

    Although the Government has said it wants evidence to inform its policies, many academics feel that their voices go unheard

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    #Opinion

  2. From where I sit - Swat heritage hanging by a thread

    Monuments did not make the headlines when the Pakistan Government recognised the Taliban takeover of the Swat Valley in February. This was understandable, as the closure of girls' schools, the fate...

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    #News
    #Opinion

  3. Donald Leach, 1931-2009

    Donald Leach, a highly effective principal of what is now Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, has died.He was born on 24 June 1931 and educated in Croydon, London. He left school at 16 to work in...

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  4. EPSRC grant policy endangers UK science

    The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's recently announced policy change on the submission of research proposals for funding includes the statement: "From 1 June 2009, we will...

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  5. Pay up, pay out and pay off 1

    Your article on academic salaries states that the Higher Education Statistics Agency figures do not include the annual 3 per cent increment most academic staff would have received in 2007-08. Jocelyn...

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  6. Pay up, pay out and pay off 2

    The implication of your editorial is that good people are motivated only by money, and that there is a linear relationship between how much money you need to pay someone and how good they are (Leader...

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  7. Pay up, pay out and pay off 3

    As stated in the University of Nottingham's published financial statements, the 2008 emoluments for Sir Colin Campbell comprised a basic salary of £0,000 plus a payment in lieu of employer's pension...

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  8. Pay up, pay out and pay off 4

    You state that Bath Spa did not have any female professors in 2007-08. In fact, women (myself included) made up 13 per cent of all professors.Fiona Montgomery, Bath Spa University.

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  9. Political incorrectness

    The Political Studies Association (PSA) deplores the threat to politics provision at the University of Liverpool. Any proposal to close a department and end politics degrees in perpetuity on the...

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  10. Deep impact

    As James Ladyman knows, the Arts and Humanities Research Council is always open to constructive engagement, as it regards divergent thinking as a great strength of its research community.However, I...

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  11. Questions dog London Met

    It speaks volumes that Brian Roper's resignation as vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University was announced not by him, but by Peter Anwyl, the chair of the board of governors.Many questions...

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  12. Islands of prosperity

    The Higher Education Funding Council for England, it appears, now has a metaphor policy. It has instructed its chief executive, David Eastwood, to declare unhappiness with "pockets of excellence" and...

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  13. I can't hear you...

    Ministers regularly state their commitment to 'evidence-based' policy, but then seem to ignore academics. Rebecca Attwood asks if it is merely confusion over what constitutes evidence

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  14. From the lab to the lobby

    Who stands up for science and scientific rigour in policy circles? Zoë Corbyn investigates

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  15. Faith, hope and the academy

    As UK universities with a Christian heritage seek to collaborate more closely, some academics are calling for more explicitly theologically inspired institutions. Hannah Fearn reports

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