Editor sacked as journal introduces peer review
The editor-in-chief of the controversial journal Medical Hypotheses has been sacked.Bruce Charlton, professor of theoretical medicine at the University of Buckingham, was dismissed as editor after...
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Mission groups call for higher fees
NUS and UCU dissent as sector argues for a greater graduate contribution. Rebecca Attwood reports
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V-c dismisses pay demands as 'irrelevant' in face of cuts
Institutions must explain to staff the implications of the severe reductions. John Morgan reports
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#loveHE
As part of our #loveHE campaign, Times Higher Education has asked followers on Twitter to tell us why they love the academyThis week's tweet of the week is:You know you #loveHE too much when govt...
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Students forced to end sit-in, but vow to fight on
Philosophy students at Middlesex University have ended a sit-in protest over the closure of their courses after management took out a High Court injunction against them.About 50 protesters began an...
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Kiwi centre had a 'valuable' role, review finds
There is demand and need for the Centre for New Zealand Studies in London, according to a review instigated after the decision to close it.The centre at Birkbeck, University of London was set up in...
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Participation is widening, just not at the elite end
New research shows stalled progress in access to selective institutions. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Daytime TV: Running on empty
Gary Day looks into the psyche of the troubled detective Luther, a man trying to escape his past
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Building a world-class university
A Times Higher Education and Thomson Reuters conference for academic leaders. This exclusive event is a must for policymakers and senior staff in the world’s leading higher education institutions
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Here's looking at you
In a shock move, our Head of Spatial Optimisation, Mike Cram, has announced that our university's three senior common rooms will shortly be replaced by a single "ambient interaction locus" in the...
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News in brief
Graduate employmentToo many gaps to fillEmployers fear there will not be enough graduates and skilled workers to fill the "high-level jobs" created as the economy recovers from the recession, the CBI...
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Live a year in my shoes
Tim Birkhead wonders if a critic would feel differently after a job swap
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Research Intelligence: Help the aged
A multidisciplinary initiative aims to defuse the UK's demographic time bomb. Neha Popat reports
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Leader: Is he our man in a pinch?
David Willetts has the intellect to deal with his universities and science briefs. How that will feed into policy is as yet unknown