Israel's boycott Tsar
David Newman, professor of political geography at Ben-Gurion University, Israel, has been appointed the official academic representative of Israel for all matters relating to a potential academic...
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Students defeat bank
Following an online campaign from thousands of students and graduates, HSBC bank has reversed its decision to charge full interest on graduate overdrafts. Ama Uzowuru, vice-president (welfare) of the...
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Poetic confusion
A "declaration of doubt" over the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays is to be unveiled this week by actor Sir Derek Jacobi. The declaration, which has been signed by 282 signatories, will be...
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Learned society defends peer review
British Academy report warns against sole use of metrics to assess humanities. Louise Radnofsky reports. In a report published this week, the British Academy has thrown its weight firmly behind the...
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Staff told to sharpen up citations
Staff at King's College London have been told by the principal to properly credit the institution in research papers, writes Rebecca Attwood. In a newsletter, Rick Trainor warns that King's "...
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PhD questions spark legal row
A lecturer has been threatened with court action after he repeatedly e-mailed a former colleague asking him to confirm which university awarded his PhD. Andy Asquith, a lecturer in the department of...
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UK's fusion hopes
A proposed £500 million project to create nuclear fusion, the so-called "Holy Grail" of clean energy, will give a huge boost to British research if it is, as expected, located in this country,...
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Kent develops campus
A £ million development is under way at the Canterbury campus of Kent University. The scheme includes accommodation for almost 550 students, a new 480-seat lecture theatre and seminar rooms.
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Enterprising post
A university principal has been elected to the Scotland Council of the Confederation of British Industry for the first time. Pamela Gillies, principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, will take up...
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Ghana goal for Hull
Hull University's football development manager, Graham Potter, has joined the Ghanaian women's football team, the Black Queens, as technical director. He is to coach the team in their quest for the...
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Children of the '60s reflect on progress
As the universities founded at the height of Sixties optimism head into their forties, are they suffering a midlife crisis? Tony Tysome investigates "You've never had it so good," Harold Macmillan...
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Then and now: Laurie Taylor assesses how one field has evolved
I still have nightmares about the first sociology seminar I took in the late Sixties at York University. It wasn't that I was ill-prepared. Quite the contrary. My nervousness about the occasion meant...
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Tribunal says Nottingham ran 'franchise'
Claims by Nottingham University that its Malaysia campus is an integral part of the university are incorrect, a court has ruled. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has stated that the University of...
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Sociology research pushed to margins
Sociology is facing a looming crisis in an age when commercial companies can carry out in-depth empirical research by pressing a button, academics have warned. As supermarkets routinely collect...
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Newt expert hits top
A scientist studying the effect of climate change on the life cycle of newts has been identified as the 10,000th user of a national database on weather and atmospheric measurements. Kerry Murton, a...