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David Wilson's first-hand contact with serial killers while in the Prison Service has informed his work as an academic
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Appointments
Paul Manners has been appointed director of the new National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement, which was set up to improve links and dialogue between universities and the public. Funded by...
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Assessment criteria for practical skills
Striving to make the marking process reliable, clear and scrupulously fair will help students learn from the exercise, even when they fail
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Staff give sector managers low marks
Employee survey makes 'disturbing' reading for higher education, writes Melanie Newman
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Talented non-academics overlooked for v-c posts, says registrar
Universities should apply their widening participation policies to the recruitment of vice-chancellors and consider administrative staff without academic backgrounds for the job, the registrar of the...
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£4m to aid Cambridge outreach
A £4 million gift from an educational philanthropist will boost the University of Cambridge's efforts to attract more state-school applicants.Harvey McGrath, former chair of Man Group and a graduate...
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The Week in Higher Education
- "Universities must tread carefully to avoid antagonising the University and College Union unnecessarily," said the leader column in The Independent education and careers supplement on 20 March. The...
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MPs suggest policy shift could damage universities
Committee dismisses government case for second-degree funding changes, writes Rebecca Attwood
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ELQ cuts cited as spur to Hefce funding queries
The withdrawal of funding for students taking equivalent or lower qualifications is being blamed for queries by a number of universities about the accuracy of recent funding allocations.Ten English...
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Top earners gain from student loan 'subsidy' as low-paid struggle
LSE economist urges review of funding system and a higher fees cap, reports Rebecca Attwood
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Creative researchers urged to find words to sum up their own art works
Practice-based PhDs, where doctorates are awarded for "non-textual" submissions such as a work of art, are becoming more common. Yet researchers in the creative fields still lack a "properly...
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Reforming leader softens approach
But Sussex v-c still plans to sharpen research and broaden courses, says Melanie Newman
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Economists confirm existence of glass ceiling for women academics
Study says 25 per cent of the gender gap in career progression is unexplained, writes Melanie Newman
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Warwick University - V-c explains exit from 1994 Group
Warwick University is leaving the 1994 Group at the end of this academic year. It is the only university that is currently a member of both the 1994 and Russell groups. Nigel Thrift, the vice-...