AUT 'must form alliance'
The Association of University Teachers must form a federation with other education trade unions to survive an uncertain future of diversification, mergers and local pay bargaining, a discussion paper...
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QAA says that some face old-style inspection until 'light touch' arrives
Sixteen universities will face the old-style teaching inspections that vice-chancellors thought they had seen the back of, the Quality Assurance Agency has confirmed, writes Phil Baty. Funding chiefs...
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Trio has designs on £1bn facility
Scientists from Yorkshire were in Bonn this week to bid to host the world's most powerful neutron-scattering facility. The £1 billion project would be a major centre for the study of physics,...
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Students suffer in target drive
Students are getting a raw deal at university because money is being drained from teaching and research to support the government's widening participation (WP) drive. Research shows that the...
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Analysis: Canada aims to reverse senior current
Worldwide, there is a worrying shortage of scientists but Canada has made huge strides in tackling the problem. The THES reports There are widespread assumptions that Canada is better suited to...
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Analysis: Critics fear R&D largesse hurts teaching
Worldwide, there is a worrying shortage of scientists but Canada has made huge strides in tackling the problem. The THES reports Science towers over Canada's enriched research landscape. But its...
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Analysis: 'I didn't expect opportunity so quickly'
Worldwide, there is a worrying shortage of scientists but Canada has made huge strides in tackling the problem. The THES reports US-born John Abela says his career path would have worked out very...
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Analysis: Homegrown team's US-style funding
Worldwide, there is a worrying shortage of scientists but Canada has made huge strides in tackling the problem. The THES reports Ray Rajotte is happy to stay in Edmonton. While most successful...
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Analysis: How the brain drain became a brain gain
Worldwide, there is a worrying shortage of scientists but Canada has made huge strides in tackling the problem. The THES reports Canadian universities are at the heart of a series of research...
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Analysis: Mounties and big bounties
Worldwide, there is a worrying shortage of scientists but Canada has made huge strides in tackling the problem. The THES reports There is an acknowledged worldwide shortage of scientists, especially...
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Whistleblowers: Hefce oversees review of complaints process
Funding chiefs are monitoring reforms to student complaints procedures at the University of Central Lancashire after a blind student with one leg suffered unnecessary distress over the handling of...
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Bar stars shake up rivals in shoot-out
Kilted bartenders, emulating Tom Cruise's bar-room skills in the film Cocktail , are the stars of the newly launched Strathclyde University student business start-up, Liquid Assets. The professional...
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Divorcees, not gardeners, like to learn
Breaking up is not so hard to do for lifelong learners. A survey carried out for the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education has found that the proportion of lifelong learners in the...
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Findings: Babies know their monkeys
Babies are born with an innate ability to tell the faces of different primates apart. Research has shown that at six months an infant is as adept at differentiating between simians as they are humans...
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Findings: Hungry army sacked empire
While all armies march on their stomachs, the fourth crusade was led by its belly to one of the most shameful episodes in medieval warfare. The chain of events that prompted a Christian army to...