Cambridge asks questions of its many masters
Report citing the lack of common degree standards sparks a wider debate. Melanie Newman reports.
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Hea's web portal is 'a waste of money', say critics
An internet project aimed at revolutionising the online presence of the Higher Education Academy's 24 subject centres has been branded a "mammoth waste of money".
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Teaching infrastructure cash is below Hefce's own target
The three-year funding allocation for teaching infrastructure announced this week falls £400 million short of sums recommended by a report prepared for the funding council itself.The Higher Education...
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Academy lacks credibility with HE chiefs, review shows
National teaching-skills body has yet to prove its worth, say some v-cs. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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The week in higher education
- The debate about "McQualifications", started by the announcement last week that fast-food giant McDonald's had won official "awarding body" status for national qualifications, kept rumbling this...
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Researchers may play dirty to beat REF
Senior academics predict a boom in manipulation of citations under new system. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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Further education colleges' HE provision lauded by QAA
Review praises 'substantial' good practice despite limited resources. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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Censured academic decries Turkish repression
A political science professor convicted in Turkey of insulting the founder of the Turkish republic says his country will never be civilised unless it makes freedom of expression sacrosanct.Atilla...
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Elites must teach better, says v-c
Russell Group institutions have neglected students, Manchester's Gilbert admits. Tony Tysome reports.
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Researchers' access to funds to be restricted
Academics at the University of Manchester are facing restrictions on access to their research funds.Until recently, staff have had control over their individual reserve accounts, which are worth...
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Branches urge a 'no' vote on pay bargaining
University and College Union branches, including the two largest in the UK, are recommending that members reject proposals for the reform of national pay bargaining.The Open University's UCU branch...
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Researchers call on journal to retract paper on GM food
Study was based on manipulation, say protesters. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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London's reorganisation beset with financial woes
Delay to planning permission for works at Senate House slows progress, writes Rebecca Attwood.
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EPSRC announces a reduction in grants
The research council for engineering and physical sciences has joined the list of councils to confirm a cut in research grants.The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has warned that...
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Campaign for space weather science
A deal to save solar terrestrial physics, the branch of science that studies "space weather", could be on the cards, according to one of Parliament's leading science campaigners.The Science and...