Lawsuit threat over job cuts
Birmingham University academics have warned they may take legal action over plans to make up to 100 staff redundant. Association of University Teachers leaders at Birmingham said their legal advisers...
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Delays dog student review
Delays are threatening the government's review of student support as Whitehall struggles to agree a way forward, higher education minister Margaret Hodge admitted this week. Ms Hodge said that the...
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French reforms push Bologna process on
France is passing key stages in its effort to achieve the Bologna declaration's aim of harmonising higher education across Europe. The consultative National Council for Higher Education and Research...
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Chelsea staying put
Reports that Chelsea Clinton may quit Oxford University in favour of the London School of Economics have proved untrue. There had been rumours that one of her aides had asked the LSE whether it would...
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On course for Plymouth
Plymouth University has scored a bit of a coup. It has recruited Roland Levinsky, vice-provost of University College London, as its next vice-chancellor. Professor Levinsky is head of UCL's graduate...
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Student line-up
Handy hints for finance managers are offered in the current issue of University Business . Amid a welter of helpful hints, Joan Thompson, treasurer of Iowa State University, recommends that you paint...
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Use passion to counter culture of compliance
Interdisciplinarity could be key to promoting a culture of debate in our universities, says Stephen Rowland. Critique and contestation are essential features of a democratic educational process. Life...
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£40m lifeline to Aids-ridden SA
South Africa's universities and technikons are to benefit from a shift in British development funding towards tackling an HIV-Aids epidemic that is decimating the region, including its highly...
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Why I... find the research assessment exercise difficult to explain
DCS : Well, mother-in-law, I've got some very good news. M-in-law : Really, what's that? DCS : My department got a 5 in the RAE. M-in-law : What's that? Wife : Oh, don't be silly; he's been talking...
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UUK scores victory in copyright battle
The Copyright Tribunal has ruled in favour of universities in the battle over photocopying royalties. Caroline Davis looks at the tribunal's decisions. After three months' deliberation, the tribunal...
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APPOINTMENTS Royal College of Art Felicity Aylieff , ceramicist and professor of ceramics at Bath Spa University College, has been appointed senior tutor in the RCA's ceramics and glass department....
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Don's Diary
February Attend a long interview with the vice-chancellor in response to my earlier letter asking for a review of my role at the university. After serving more than ten years as dean of school, I...
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In the news: Carmel Hanna
This week's appointment of Carmel Hanna as employment and learning minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly came as a bit of a surprise. Her name had hardly featured in the speculation surrounding...
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Record straighteners
Generous offers of help have deluged the offices of The THES since last week's publication of the results of the research assessment exercise. Compiling a league table based on the results gained by...
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100 years of the Nobel
In a special supplement, guest edited by Sir Harry Kroto, a host of Nobel prize winners write about their priorities for the 21st century, the responsibilities of being a laureate and the challenges...