Gong for Skea
Jim Skea, director of the Policy Studies Institute, has been awarded an OBE in the new year honours list in recognition of his work in sustainable development research, particularly in transport. He...
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Bored of the rings?
Cinema-goers worldwide are to be surveyed on their reactions to the latest blockbuster Lord of the Rings film, in the biggest project of its kind led by researchers at Aberystwyth University. An...
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Stress linked to poor results
Researchers have found the first clear signs of a direct link between high levels of staff stress and the poor performance of their universities in research and teaching, writes Phil Baty. As part of...
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AUT pay dispute 'doomed'
The Association of University Teachers is trying to draw its 47,000 members into a doomed campaign of industrial action over a "misconception" about the status of the union's minority of academic-...
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New lecturers could lose £12K, union says
New lecturers could be £12,135 worse off over the first 13 years of their career under the proposed pay and careers framework, the Association of University Teachers claimed this week. Citing figures...
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Hefce teaching windfall is boost for humanities
Cash for classroom-based teaching will rise 20 per cent next year, and funding chiefs have done a U-turn on plans to cut the money given to media studies after an outcry by leading industry figures....
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Mann vs military giant
Michael Mann is a respected sociologist, renowned for his painstaking scholarship. Then why, asks Laurie Taylor, was he so quick to predict certain disaster for the US invasion of Iraq? Asking...
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Tested in supermarkets, now at a university near you
How can the University of the M25 attract more students? pondered the bigwigs at the Christmas bash. Offer them a bargain, of course. Ted Prince reports Who am I? What am I for?" The vice-chancellor...
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A voice of sanity in ministers' ears
Fears that civil liberties might be eroded by proposed mental health legislation caused alarm, but the government's mental health tsar is trying to help get the balance right, writes Adam James He...
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The high-brow just don't know how to love him
Puccini faced it, so did Rodgers and Hammerstein, and today Andrew Lloyd Webber is a victim. Why can't academics help but sneer at popular composers, asks Adrian Mourby Andrew Lloyd Webber is a...
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A serial killer still lurking in shadows
Luckily, last year's Sars epidemic was brought under control quickly and efficiently. But, warns Roy Anderson, we may not be so fortunate next time round. On December 26 the Chinese ministry of...
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Mann vs military giant
Michael Mann is a respected sociologist, renowned for his painstaking scholarship. Then why, asks Laurie Taylor, was he so quick to predict certain disaster for the US invasion of Iraq? Asking...
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Tested in supermarkets, now at a university near you
How can the University of the M25 attract more students? pondered the bigwigs at the Christmas bash. Offer them a bargain, of course. Ted Prince reports Who am I? What am I for?" The vice-chancellor...
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A voice of sanity in ministers' ears
Fears that civil liberties might be eroded by proposed mental health legislation caused alarm, but the government's mental health tsar is trying to help get the balance right, writes Adam James He...
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The high-brow just don't know how to love him
Puccini faced it, so did Rodgers and Hammerstein, and today Andrew Lloyd Webber is a victim. Why can't academics help but sneer at popular composers, asks Adrian Mourby Andrew Lloyd Webber is a...