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Peter Downes has been appointed acting principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Dundee. Professor Downes, vice-principal and head of the College of Life Sciences, will perform the role...
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Academic with disabilities was 'unfairly dismissed'
Tribunal found Liverpool John Moores guilty of victimising scholar, writes Melanie Newman
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UCU fights contractual research income targets
New clauses in academics' contracts at the Glasgow School of Art that set annual targets for research income have been criticised by the University and College Union.The clauses call on researchers...
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Student freeze halts merger
Ban on expansion sinks plan for music academy to join Thames Valley. Melanie Newman reports
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20 years ago
Newly incorporated polytechnics face the same problem as most British companies - an urgent need to train quality managers to lead the UK back to competitiveness. John Stoddart, principal of...
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News in brief
Times Higher EducationThumbs up from readersMore than 90 per cent of Times Higher Education readers are satisfied with the magazine, while 81 per cent say that it is personally "important" to them. A...
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'Disappointed' Scots want funding formula revised
Universities and union castigate Government for not rewarding quality research. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Original features
The main City Campus of Northumbria University is located in the heart of Newcastle. The new purpose-built £100 million extension at City Campus East (which is linked to the established site at City...
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Institutions attack claims that Saudi and Chinese donors direct policy
Cambridge, Edinburgh and Soas insist that report has its facts wrong. Melanie Newman writes
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Pinker bemoans Sussex's closing of linguistics
Steven Pinker, the internationally renowned expert in language and cognition, has asked the vice-chancellor of the University of Sussex to reconsider his decision to close undergraduate linguistics...
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The lines of beauty
As an essential curricular element, poetry is on the critical list, but Greg Garrard has a plan to make students adore it
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Whisper it: administration can be useful, innovative and even likeable
Scholars must engage with the vital creative support teams that underpin their work. They may even find some satisfaction in paperwork, says Dave Hall
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Font of all wisdom, or not?
The internet may one day hold the library of all knowledge, but not while Wikipedia predominates, says Martin Cohen
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When is a dismissal fair?
One of the claims most commonly considered by employment tribunals is unfair dismissal. What is not always clearly understood by those seeking to pursue such claims is the approach that a tribunal...
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