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* Northampton University has appointed Gordon D'Silva , founder and chief executive officer of Training for Life (a social enterprise charity), visiting professor for social entrepreneurship. He was...
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UCU: We failed our members
Sally Hunt slams Natfhe support in year-long dispute, reports Phil Baty The University and College Union jeopardised its future industrial strength by failing to fully protect rank-and-file members...
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Journals spending soars to £100m, squeezing book budgets
Academics and universities spend nearly £100 million a year subscribing to journals, according to the latest figures reported by the Research Information Network. The report on scholarly journals...
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Revamp dumps old-style teaching
For most academics it is the stuff of fantasy. But the dream has become a reality at Bournemouth University, where, under a radical restructure, lecturers will have their teaching loads reduced...
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A WORLD OF IMAGINATION How the Imagine Cup is enthusing the next generation of IT graduates PLUS World rankings in science and technology
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Times Higher staffer dies
Ngaio Crequer, who worked for The Times Higher from 1978 to 1986, died suddenly last week. She was a reporter and later news editor of the paper before joining the founding staff of The Independent...
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Crewe to step down
Sir Ivor Crewe has said that he will stand down as vice-chancellor of Essex University in September next year. He has held the post since 1995 and has overseen expansion of the student population...
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US scoops Nobels
The US swept the board for Nobel prizes awarded this week. John Mather of the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland and George Smoot of the University of California, Berkeley, share the £720,...
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Correction
Lancaster University's average salary is £36,621, not the £21,686 reported by the Higher Education Statistics Agency in last week's pay table.
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North East merger still on cards, insist v-cs
Several heads forecast a Durham-Newcastle research superpower, Anna Fazackerley reports Vice-chancellors are predicting that Durham and Newcastle universities may revisit plans to merge, creating a...
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Student anger as Reading drops physics
Angry students at Reading University criticised senior management this week for abandoning a commitment to keep physics open, writes Anna Fazackerley. The university announced last week that it was...
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Research councils lay their performance open to scrutiny
The research councils demonstrated their value for money this week in the first annual report of their performance published by the Office of Science and Innovation, writes Anthea Lipsett. All eight...
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Post-92s slam 'very biased' RAE successor
New universities rejected the Government's proposals to replace the research assessment exercise this week, claiming that the metrics models put forward would damage new researchers and emerging...
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Poll finds 81% pan switch to metrics
University and College Union uncovers little confidence in the Government's RAE replacement. Phil Baty reports More than eight out of ten academics oppose the Government's plans to replace the...
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'Obsolete' networks pose handicap for academic research, warns report
Almost a third of UK universities have computer networks so old that consultants have labelled them "obsolete", writes Jessica Shepherd. Consultants found evidence of computers up to 15 years out of...