Thatcher had ‘immense impact’ on higher education
Margaret Thatcher’s “revolutionary” reforms helped to transform an ailing university system into a world-leading higher education system, a vice-chancellor has said.
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Thatcher’s death prompts call for ‘sensitivity’ at NUS conference
National Union of Students’ president Liam Burns has called for “sensitivity” and “respect” after some delegates at the union’s annual conference were heard to cheer news that former prime minister...
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US academics’ salaries ‘slowly recovering’
Salaries for full-time faculty members at US colleges and universities are slowly recovering after years of below-inflation rises, although higher education institutions are increasingly reliant on...
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Joan Bakewell speaks up for part-time students
Part-time study needs “unprecedented support” to help kick-start the UK’s flagging economy, Labour peer Baroness Bakewell has said.
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Nature's publishers to launch open-access platform for data sets
In a further sign of the growing scientific prominence of data sets, Nature Publishing Group has launched a new open-access platform that will peer review and publish detailed descriptions of their...
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British Library starts digital drive
The British Library – and the nation’s other legal deposit libraries – have officially taken on responsibility to archive UK web content, opening up immense opportunities for researchers.
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Adelaide v-c wants end to fixed-time contracts in Australia
Australian academics should not be contractually bound always to split their time equally between teaching and research, the vice-chancellor of the University of Adelaide has said.
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Sussex unions plan ballot over outsourcing
Three unions at the University of Sussex have begun the process that could lead to strikes over outsourcing plans at the university.
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THE podcast: 4 April 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe Office for Fair Access, the openness of universities and academics’ regional accents all feature on this Times Higher Education issue review, along with a look at the...
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Letters
Irish teacher failed to foresee his fateI was amused to read recent Nobel prizewinner Sir John Gurdon’s account of his “crippling school report”, which included the statement: “I believe he has ideas...
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Laurie Taylor
‘This is how I really feel’“Quite frankly, we welcome anyone on to our Creative Writing course who fancies writing a novel about themselves and their deep-down hitherto unexpressed feelings.”This was...
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British Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930-1960 by James Smith
Matthew Feldman on the connections between literary history and intelligence studies
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How to Read a Latin Poem: If You Can’t Read Latin Yet by William Fitzgerald
Roger Rees on gaining some understanding of the linguistic and literary richness of Latin poetry without knowing the language
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Grant winners
Wellcome TrustInvestigators in Medical HumanitiesThese awards range from approximately £500,000 to just over £1 million for up to five yearsAward winners: Mark Thomas and Ian BarnesInstitutions:...
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Research intelligence - Mathematicians cut out the publishing middlemen
Episciences Project leads mathematicians’ open-access charge. Paul Jump reports