Daytime TV: Frankly speaking
Gary Day wonders whether gratuitous cussing and killing are the keys to our evolutionary triumph
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Oh crap - there goes my work
A PhD candidate is threatening to take his university to court after it destroyed 35kg of lizard excrement - the material for his research project.Working in the faculty of biological sciences at the...
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Leeds Met forced to reveal that Lee's exit followed governors' ultimatum
V-c chose to leave rather than face suspension over bullying allegations, says Melanie Newman
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The week in higher education
A pioneering medical researcher has revealed how he took his first steps down his career path - by sending a letter to Blue Peter. Anthony Hollander was nine when he found a dying bird in his garden...
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Hundreds rally to fight cuts at London Met
Students, staff, MPs urge support for institution in wake of Hefce clawback. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Funding council grant repayments will also hit Kingston and Portsmouth
Kingston and Portsmouth universities have confirmed that they are among the institutions that must repay part of their teaching grant to the Higher Education Funding Council for England after...
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Business to teach academics to lead
Aspire programme pairs private-sector chiefs with lecturers keen to progress. Hannah Fearn reports
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Million+ fears QR formula will reinforce hierarchies
'Nationally significant' work deserves RAE-based cash, too, says think-tank. Zoe Corbyn writes
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Pension scheme 'fully funded', valuation finds
The Universities Superannuation Scheme had more than enough assets to pay for current and former members' pensions as of 31 March 2008, the scheme's valuation report, due out this month, will say.But...
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Post-92s say part-time enrolments are falling because of unfair policy
Call for Government to extend 'free at enrolment' funding to all. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Science boost for alternative medicine BScs
The University of Westminster's controversial BSc courses in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are to be overhauled to give them a stronger science content following the results of an...
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Top institutions in neuroscience and behaviour
InstitutionPapers CitationsCitations per paper1 Salk Institute for Biological Studies (CA)835 43,559 52.172 Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,070 43,766 40.903 Massachusetts General Hospital2,...
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Time for bed
US students are being advised to stop cramming through the night and get more sleep to raise their academic performance. Jon Marcus reports
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Seriously fresh
A new breed of scholars is expanding the academy by turning music festivals, Lego and puppets into objects and tools of study. Hannah Fearn reports from 'out there'