The week in higher education
Tennis ace Maria Sharapova's early exit from Wimbledon was a blow to her fans, but was something more sinister than a lack of form to blame? The Russian beauty, who was knocked out on day three,...
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Edict curtailing freedom to work at home 'appals' staff
Lecturers should be on campus for community and students, university says. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Publisher's recycling of theory textbook leads to fears of 'Wikipediaisation'
Scholars say rehashing of material shows that quantity trumps quality. Melanie Newman reports
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V-cs' candid views slip out online
Prematurely released paper reveals fears of staff revolution and desire to cash in, writes Zoë Corbyn
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EPSRC chief questions Government's funding stance
BIS agenda could direct more cash to agency that supports business innovation, writes Zoë Corbyn
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MP calls on Mandelson to shield London Met 'innocents' from crisis
Parliamentary motion demands protection for students and staff. Melanie Newman reports
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Daytime TV: Who wants reality?
We search for truth in nature, on canvas and online, but Gary Day finds that illusion is usually preferred
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Employment tribunals – payment of financial compensation
Claimants who bring a claim against an employer in an employment tribunal have recourse to a number of different remedies. In the majority of cases, a claimant will be seeking financial compensation...
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Fast-track sacking under threat
"A devastating setback for the entire science of human resource management." That was how the Corporate Director of our ever-expanding Human Resources Department, Louise Bimpson, reacted to the...
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Master of our Universe
Oh Lord - what a change. But let's not freak out just yet, says Kevin Fong
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Off Piste: Rising from the Ashes
Nigel Berkeley doesn't like cricket, he loves it, particularly the enduring rivalry between England and Australia. He fondly remembers 2005 and relishes what's in store this summer...
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Leader: Sacré bleu, as we don't say here
Although universities are not to blame for the parlous state of modern foreign languages, some are trying to improve the situation
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From where I sit - The never-ending sentence
Run-on sentences are the new apostrophe. By that I mean that a lack of knowledge about where to put a full stop is prevalent in more students than the misuse of apostrophes. That is saying something....
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Robert Sang, 1948-2009
Robert Sang, the UK's first professor of patient and public involvement in health, has died.Born in Edinburgh on March 1948, he spent much of his early life in southern England, where his father was...