Threat to UK's research millions from overseas
Fears are growing that at least one major UK-based company is poised to pull the plug on the millions it pours into university research, threatening chancellor Gordon Brown's vision for a modern hi-...
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Taking the fiction out of science's portrayal
Far from dumbing down, sci-fi studies boldly goes into the dark space that lies between science and society, say Rosi Thornton and Mark Brake. Whenever the latest derisory list of "dumbing down"...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: Seth Kunin Age: 42 Job: Director of research for the College of Arts and Social Sciences and acting head of School...
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Can we stick together and regain the lost plot?
The free-market fundamentalism unleashed on universities must be reversed, writes Bob Brecher. The imposition of differential tuition fees - the most devastating attack on higher education in decades...
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Jobwatch: seeking a £70k deputy
From a well-rewarded chair in e-science to a teacher trainer based in the Lakes, Pat Leon reviews what's on the science job market menu, and also finds culinary perks on offer for Oxford research...
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Who got that job?
Lindsay MacDonald, 53 Principal Lecturer/Research Director Job advertised in The Times Higher , May 30, 2003 A research squeeze at Derby University was behind Lindsay MacDonald's decision to try the...
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Fears for £200m bid to aid research
Plans to commercialise more university research by channelling up to £200 million through the English regions could fail because regional bodies lack the capacity to handle the job, experts have...
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Orwell's Oxford paper accused of political bias
The Oxford University student newspaper that launched the careers of George Orwell and Graham Greene is fighting to defend its reputation amid allegations of "errors, misjudgements and misdemeanours...
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Relaunch as e-flagship flounders in stormy seas
Funding chiefs have ordered a restructuring of the UK's flagship online university venture because of poor student recruitment and cash problems. The Higher Education Funding Council for England is...
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Cut-price policy bites
Students are being short-changed because the government is trying to meet its higher education expansion target "on the cheap", college heads and lecturers' leaders claimed this week. The Association...
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Buildings and staff morale crumble
Scotland's crumbling campuses face a £430 million repair bill, a report on the strengths of Scottish higher education concludes. Low academic salaries undermining staff morale are also a cause for...
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Natfhe may join AUT strike
Lecturers' union Natfhe this week warned that it may yet join the Association of University Teachers on the picket lines in protest at this year's pay offer by employers, writes Phil Baty. The union'...
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Health cost worries
One in ten students does not go to see a health professional when they need to because they are worried about the likely cost of the visit, according to the biggest-ever survey by the National Union...
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Basic skills concern
Even the brightest A-level pupils may lack the basic numeracy and literacy they need at university, MPs were warned this week. Mike Tomlinson, the former chief inspector of schools, gave evidence to...
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£6.5m bid for archive
The National Library of Scotland is launching a £6.5 million appeal to help it acquire the John Murray publishing house archive, which includes letters, journals and manuscripts from figures such as...