Pregnant pause results in less labour for REF
Observers have welcomed the news that women will be permitted to submit one fewer output to the 2014 research excellence framework for each period of pregnancy they have during the census period.
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Running £730m UCL budget is a part-time job
Students pass a motion of no confidence as provost takes on health service role. John Morgan reports
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Arts review: 13
Mike Bartlett poses big questions about belief in his ambitious new play, but his aims are partially derailed by a lack of nuance and depth, Deborah Bowman finds
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Diary
LondonFaces of the Peaceful Revolution 1989/90Who were the men and women who fought for peace, human rights, freedom and democracy in the former East Germany, and took part in the peaceful revolution...
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The Pick - The Brain Season
Credit: Geoff Tompkinson/Science Photo LibraryThe Brain SeasonBBC Radio 4, from 7 November and through the month"What one 17th-century philosopher disparagingly described as 'a bowl of curds' is now...
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We've taken the test!
Our university has become the first in the country to submit itself to Which? consumer-product testing, which will shortly be extended to all other UK universities.Twelve potential undergraduates...
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Research Intelligence - Bright young things with time to shine
Dale fellowships aim to empower new scholars to ask 'really difficult questions'. Paul Jump reports
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Visa plan a recipe for disaster, the crème de la crème argue
French elite protest harsher attitude to foreign graduates' post-study status. Clea Caulcutt writes
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The week in higher education
• To the list of contributions that higher education has made to UK society, add vomit-inducing two-for-one drinks promotions and the drunks urinating on the high street on a Friday night. Phil...
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Leader: Bread, not political poses
By favouring grandstanding over academics' worries for the profession and their future, the UCU risks irrelevance
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From where I sit - We're scholars, not politicians
The scene is a Bucharest ballroom, decorated in the bronze and purples of vanished empires. Sir Peter Scott, professor of higher education at the Institute of Education, University of London, has...
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Appointments
LaGuardia Community CollegeCatherine ReidCertain she wanted to be a veterinarian from an early age, Catherine Reid's childhood pastimes included giving kidney transplants to her stuffed animals ("all...
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Shine a light on Oxford tutorials so students can get more satisfaction
New humanities head calls for scrutiny of teaching practices ahead of fees rise. Simon Baker reports
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Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts
Author: John HartleyEdition: FourthPublisher: Routledge/Taylor & FrancisPages: 6Price: £65.00 and £16.99ISBN 9780415550758 and 563239Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies was first...
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Student Review: Film and Video Censorship in Modern Britain
Author: Julian PetleyEdition: FirstPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPages: 240Price: £75.00 and £24.99ISBN 9780748625383 and 25390As the British Board of Film Classification will reach its...