THE Scholarly Web - 24 April 2014
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What’s Klingon for ‘impact’?
I’ve had it with university enterprise: beam me up, Scotty, says Christopher Bigsby
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‘Hard core’ UCU activists urge staff to reject 2% pay offer
Marking boycott suspended as union warns accepting deal would represent a ‘damaging defeat’
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Whose side are we on in this moral contest?
Universities should not acquiesce in a system that perpetuates inequality - they must take a stand against it, argues Thomas Docherty
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The Secret Academic Diary of Emma Rees
Emma Rees on the self-absorbed musings of Adrian Mole, the much-loved creation of the late Sue Townsend
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‘Pot schools’ crop up as US states relax laws
But federal restrictions on cannabis are hampering US research, scholars warn
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24 April 2014
University of the buffer zone - The story behind an unlikely branch campus
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Cable to call on Ucas to include higher apprenticeships
Business secretary Vince Cable has asked Ucas to look at whether high-level apprenticeships can be integrated into its admissions services.
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Manchester students take on economics curriculum in report
The economics curriculum at the University of Manchester is too narrow and is stifling innovation, according to a student action group
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Part-time student fall ‘mainly due to non-degree courses’
Hefce analysis shows degree study not so badly affected
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Cardiff Met criticised by UCU over ‘bizarre’ contract terms
Cardiff Metropolitan University has been criticised for imposing “bizarre” new contract terms on its professors.
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Birkbeck team gets £300,000 to look at monotheism
A major new research project is to explore the different meanings of monotheism in today’s Britain.
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Northampton opens regional office in Malaysia
The University of Northampton is to open a regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a bid to increase student recruitment from the region.
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Research councils ‘should develop metrics’ to measure success
But BIS review of system says all seven councils should be retained
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University innovation funding could be linked to SME work
Heif review to ‘look again’ at incentives for helping small businesses, says Hefce chief