Leadership candidates see different futures for UCU
General secretary contenders represent political debate over union's direction. John Morgan reports
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Scotland's university chiefs cool on governance review
Limited support for proposals on elected chairs and gender quotas. David Matthews writes
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If student feedback stings, go looking for more
For lecturers who pay attention to such websites, a poor rating denoted by an unhappy face next to their name on the US-based website RateMyProfessor.com can be both a professional and personal blow....
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London Met vows 'ethical' fee shift
Non-EU postgraduates to pay same price as home students in sweeping reforms. Jack Grove reports
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News in brief
Research misconductBulfone-Paus report under wrapsGermany's University of Lubeck has declined to release a long-awaited report into allegations of research misconduct against two of its professors,...
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Confidence and consent
Transparency and accountability underpin plans to reform Scottish governance, explains Ferdinand von Prondzynski
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Do not throw that IB pearl away, richer than the impoverished A level
Anthony Seldon's plea to v-cs: stand up for the International Baccalaureate before it is too late, or the academy will suffer
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Searing honesty
Jon Baldwin has left for Australia, but he has a few home truths to impart from abroad about the mess the UK academy is in
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The Pick - Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2012
Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2012Plymouth University, 10-12 FebruaryFrom a remix of a movement from Beethoven's Symphony No 7 to a quartet inspired by the landscape of Cornwall and...
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Diary
LondonHer Maj: 60 Years of Unofficial Portraits of the QueenAs late as the 1950s, it was still unusual for the monarchy to be depicted in cartoons. To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, the Cartoon...
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'I'm NOT a banker' - v-c
Our vice-chancellor has described attempts to compare his own £347,599 pay packet with that enjoyed by top bankers as "grossly misleading".He told our reporter, Keith Ponting (30), that he was aware...
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Research intelligence - REF, get set and go, final rules in hand
As 2014 race begins, reports Paul Jump, maternity provision is the only big change from draft document
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The week in higher education
• Everybody enjoys a good old-fashioned academic spat, and Geoffrey Hill, professor of poetry at the University of Oxford, has obliged by picking a fight with the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy....
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Leader: Seeing red over Green blindness
The immigration minister's aversion to the evidence for the value of foreign students sadly sums up Home Office attitudes