Bristol opens talks on Adelaide venture
State-supported and private UKinstitutions are lining up to establish bases in Australia. Geoff Maslen reports. Bristol University has discussed setting up a base in Adelaide with the South...
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Boards face crackdown over trustee nepotism
Congress has promised to investigate a succession of scandals involving US university boards of trustees. The latest row involved decisions by the board of American University, Washington DC, to pay...
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No digs for foreigners
Foreign archaeologists will be banned from excavations in Belarus this summer, according to Nasha Niva , the Belarusian opposition newspaper, writes Vera Rich. The ban has been imposed by the...
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Clunky writing is proof positive of lazy thinking
Academic writers have no excuse for failing to communicate their ideas clearly, argues Michael Bulley. I've been sacked as an academic proofreader. At least, I haven't been sent anything to proofread...
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Gary Day
The renowned vice-chancellor I. A. M. Wortheverypenny staggered through the vaulted archway of the university information centre and collapsed. He was definitely out of condition and the port didn't...
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Battered treasures are the best
TREASURES OF THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford. Until December 31, 2008 What do you buy someone who has everything? It's not a problem that keeps many of us...
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Staff face virtual redundancy
Academics at Manchester University were last week seen walking aimlessly down corridors trying to think of something to do. No, not another symptom of the pay dispute. The university's internet...
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Charity spokesman
Oxford Brookes University vice-chancellor Graham Upton raised a few eyebrows when he took off on a bike ride from Land's End to John O'Groats last week, the day before the latest pay talks. But it is...
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'Did you just call me a snake?'
During this weekend's Natfhe annual conference, the union's general secretary Paul Mackney finally gave his official backing to colleague Roger Kline in the long-haul race to lead the merged...
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A case of duplicate campaigning
Roger Kline has received many plaudits after his pledge to publish his monthly expenses online to show that he is not spending Natfhe members' hard-earned subscription payments on his personal...
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Will press ever give Germans a break?
As World Cup mania overwhelms the media, The Times Higher asks German and journalism academics if war jingoism can be red-carded. "The last time England faced Germany in the World Cup the press went...
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Is freedom to debate next casualty of terror?
Christoph Bluth fears academic discussion could break laws banning 'glorification' and 'encouragement' of bombers Terrorism has become one of the most popular subjects at my university. I receive a...
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Take from rich, give to the poor
A minister's indecent proposal for two-year degrees should be turned on its head, says Bob Brecher Perhaps in line with the academic year's early finish this time round, the silly season seems to be...
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When the buck stops with you
If you need to become a 'born leader' overnight, says Harriet Swain, you must understand the culture of the group you'll be heading, encourage collaboration at all levels, say what you mean and do...
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No time to sulk over swingeing cuts
Name: Gina Wisker Job : Director of learning and teaching development at Anglia Ruskin University, but I am moving to become director of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Brighton University. I...