Eclipsed on dark side of room
Vice-chancellors met in Birmingham for a Universities UK conference last weekend, and with days to go before the strikes there was no shortage of things to discuss. At the Universities and Colleges...
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Non-group lack food for thought
A meeting was announced for 7.30 on the Friday morning of the rather random non-group known as the "Non-aligned Universities". The programme noted that the meeting would take place in a room so small...
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Striking lack of resemblance
Meanwhile other university chiefs were enjoying the political complications emerging in the two not-yet-merged unions as they organised their strike. Faced with the possibility of his Association of...
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Star-struck come back to Earth
UUK almost proved that higher education has sex appeal, with a nearly star-studded reception for university chancellors on the rather chilly Terrace at Westminster. Patrick Stewart and Anna Ford were...
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We'll reap prizes of a points system
The managed-migration scheme for foreigners wanting to study in the UK will give more control to universities, says Charles Clarke We have a proud tradition of attracting the brightest and best from...
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Selling science is a job for a young person
Most PhD students are youthful and passionate. Stephen Blake says they are the key to turning pupils on to research "What's the point of what you do?" As an engineering PhD student, I deal with lots...
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Soft focus skews the perspective
Everything today's students do is recast as a 'skill' - even when they keep their mouths shut, says Frank Furedi Universities appear to be experiencing a big decline in the number of applications for...
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It pays to keep rivalry healthy
If you want to review other people's work, it is vital to be on top of your subject. And don't be unjustly critical of books that are in competition with yours - you'll live to regret it, advises...
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Time and space in short supply
Name: Michael Preston-Shoot Age: 54 Job: Professor of social work and dean, faculty of health and social sciences, Luton University. Salary: £70,000 Practical training/education: Qualified as a...
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Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. My post is funded from a three-year project grant and this is my second fixed-term post...
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Promoters of women in science win silver Swans
Edinburgh University's chemistry department and Imperial College London have been praised as good workplaces for female scientists. The two won silver awards in the first Athena Swan (Scientific...
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Drive for efficiency in review process
The system by which academics review the grant applications of their colleagues is to be put under the spotlight by the research councils, it emerged last week. The eight research councils want to...
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Who got that cash?
Barry Richards, professor of public communication, Bournemouth University The view of journalists as a cold-hearted bunch, immune to the fallout from the stories they pursue, will be challenged by...
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Policy debate on genetically modified organisms: Environment Council, 9 March
Brussels, 9 March 2006 13th Council Meeting - Environment. Brussels, 9 March 2006 Provisional version The Council held a policy debate on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), allowing discussions,...
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Stakeholders argue against reduction in FP7 budget for health research
Brussels, 09 Mar 2006 MEPs, national ministers and other stakeholders have called on the Commission not to reduce the funding allocation for health research that it set out in its initial proposals...