Hefce chief: VAT hampers savings plan
Big efficiency savings through shared services will be 'difficult' without tax change. John Gill reports.
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BRITISH ACADEMYOBJECTION TO COPYRIGHT PROPOSALThe British Academy has spoken out against a proposal to introduce a licensing scheme for "orphan works" - work for which it is impossible to trace the...
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Correction
In last month's feature on university access, "Reaching out but still falling short" (24 January), we reported that the University of East Anglia spent 13.5 per cent of its additional income from...
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Academics feel that they are not coping. They are working on overload. They seem to have more students, more essays to mark and more queries to answer. There are more letters to reply to, more...
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Cambridge asks questions of its many masters
Report citing the lack of common degree standards sparks a wider debate. Melanie Newman reports.
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Hea's web portal is 'a waste of money', say critics
An internet project aimed at revolutionising the online presence of the Higher Education Academy's 24 subject centres has been branded a "mammoth waste of money".
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Teaching infrastructure cash is below Hefce's own target
The three-year funding allocation for teaching infrastructure announced this week falls £400 million short of sums recommended by a report prepared for the funding council itself.The Higher Education...
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Academy lacks credibility with HE chiefs, review shows
National teaching-skills body has yet to prove its worth, say some v-cs. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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The week in higher education
- The debate about "McQualifications", started by the announcement last week that fast-food giant McDonald's had won official "awarding body" status for national qualifications, kept rumbling this...
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Researchers may play dirty to beat REF
Senior academics predict a boom in manipulation of citations under new system. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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Further education colleges' HE provision lauded by QAA
Review praises 'substantial' good practice despite limited resources. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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Censured academic decries Turkish repression
A political science professor convicted in Turkey of insulting the founder of the Turkish republic says his country will never be civilised unless it makes freedom of expression sacrosanct.Atilla...
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Elites must teach better, says v-c
Russell Group institutions have neglected students, Manchester's Gilbert admits. Tony Tysome reports.
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Researchers' access to funds to be restricted
Academics at the University of Manchester are facing restrictions on access to their research funds.Until recently, staff have had control over their individual reserve accounts, which are worth...
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Branches urge a 'no' vote on pay bargaining
University and College Union branches, including the two largest in the UK, are recommending that members reject proposals for the reform of national pay bargaining.The Open University's UCU branch...