Burden of oversight grows as committee membership drops
IUSS workload expands as average attendance at meetings falls to six MPs. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Sleep expert's book cited in US torture defence
A top-secret US memorandum on the use of sleep deprivation against al-Qaeda suspects cites a book written by a British academic decades ago to justify the technique.Jim Horne, director of the Sleep...
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Whistleblower kicked off board
An academic at loggerheads with Manchester Metropolitan University after he blew the whistle on alleged grade inflation at the institution has claimed that he was scapegoated by being kicked off its...
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The plight of the honeybee
A joint funding package of £10 million has been granted to investigate pollinators' decline. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
NEWTON INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPSThis is the first round of Newton International Fellowships. Fellows have the chance to work at UK research institutions for two years. The scheme is a joint...
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End our democratic deficit
Most governance models allow v-cs to ignore academic opinions and freedoms. This must change, says Sally Hunt
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It can never be too early to ask students to start taking intellectual risks
Anthony Seldon and David James want universities to support a radical shift that puts learning at the heart of the curriculum
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Daytime TV: Animal passions
Gary Day on the dark side of Georgian London, the fallout from those who go missing, and Narnia
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‘Opt-out’ from the 48-hour working week: the latest developments
Workers have recently felt the benefit of changes to legislation governing “working time”. For example, from 6 April 2009 the statutory entitlement to holidays increased to 28 days (inclusive of bank...
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Top ten journals in neuroscience and behaviour
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998 – 31 December 2008
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Administrators to 'tour' campus
A bold new move to break down the "iron curtain" between academics and administrators was announced last week by our Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett.Targett said that he was "in positive...
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Spaceman v brown blob
Kevin Fong narrowly avoids a kebab-stained diplomatic incident
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Off Piste: Fair game?
Stephen Halliday kicks around a few ideas about how to level the playing field in popular sports and make them more exciting