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* The Association of Business Schools has appointed Arthur Francis , professor and dean of Bradford University's School of Management, its chair. * Mike King , former professor in the department of...
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Fur flies over MRC merger
Anna Fazackerley reports on threats to resign and accusations of 'coercion' by MRC chief Members of the Medical Research Council's governing body have threatened to resign if MPs attack plans to...
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The NHSU undergoes some radical surgery
The National Health Service University, a 2001 Labour manifesto commitment designed to improve health service skills, was scrapped this week ending months of uncertainty for academics in its partner...
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Clarke seeks plan to safeguard subjects
Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, this week asked funding council chiefs to devise a plan to safeguard "nationally important" subjects, but ruled out government intervention to save...
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It's that end-of-year poll
"Politicians insisting against all evidence that there has been no dumbing down of education at any level and whining academics claiming standards have disintegrated utterly" - Susan Bassnett, Times...
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Grant makes an impact
The poorest university entrants in 2004 received up to 31 per cent more financial aid in real terms than their counterparts ten years ago, according to figures released by the Office for National...
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Iraqi sets up bursaries
A thousand students are being offered £1,000 each to study at some of the country's leading research universities thanks to a donation from a former Iraqi refugee. Naim Dangoor, an Iraqi Jewish...
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Alarm at bid to revive boycott
A row has broken out over moves to revive the academic boycott of Israel with a major international conference this weekend at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. Pro-Israel...
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A need for 'change' spurs v-c to step down
A principled objection to top-up fees contributed to Gillian Slater's shock decision to resign as vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University, she said in an interview with The Times Higher this week,...
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Natfhe alleges pay scheme bias at London Met
The performance-related pay scheme operated by London Metropolitan University appears to discriminate against ethnic minority staff, union officials claimed this week, writes Claire Sanders....
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Man united after Poppleton pep talk
"There is no 'I' in 'team'," Laurie Taylor warned a slightly tipsy and baffled audience at Manchester University last week in a talk to mark the institution's recent merger. Professor Taylor,...
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Sector shows slow shift on race policy
Many universities in England are still in the "early stages" of tackling race equality four years after the Race Relations Amendment Act became law, it has emerged. A large number are failing to...
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Desperate for a spark to ignite student interest
The future of chemistry and physics departments is in jeopardy unless the straight sciences can pull off an image overhaul. Anna Fazackerley reports "It can be lonely being the head of a physics...
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Equipment and image problems plague the 'tough' sciences
'It's all well and good learning the theory, but I can understand why children find chemistry boring if they don't get to do any hands-on work' Like many young people, Rob Pullinger spent years...