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  1. Building a case for that big rise

    The first step to landing a pay increase is to ask for one, but you must also prove you've earned it. Harriet Swain explains why doing some research beforehand and getting the timing right is all...

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  2. The grease that keeps the academic engine running

    Name : John Gledhill Age : 59 Job : Executive director to the vice-chancellor and clerk to the board of governors at Coventry University. About two thirds of my year is spent arranging schedules,...

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  4. Who got that job?

    Rachel van Besouw Research fellow, Institute of Sound and Vibration, Southampton University. Job advertised in The Times Higher, September 22, 2006 . Researchers at the Institute of Sound and...

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  5. Centres of excellence fail to transform teaching

    Study suggests value and impact of costly CETL initiative is limited, reports Melanie Newman There is little evidence that a multimillion-pound scheme designed to "celebrate and reward excellence in...

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  6. Reality checks

    "False or exaggerated claims in university prospectuses are among the most damaging features of the current university system" - David Watson speaking to the Higher Education Academy, July 2007

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  7. Alan Ryan

    Whenever governments carve up Whitehall departments in the hope of greater effectiveness, words such as "deckchair" and " Titanic " spring to mind. Those of advanced years will recall Harold Wilson's...

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  8. Oxford Brookes in pole position for F1 success

    While British motorsport fans were focused on Lewis Hamilton's progress in the British Grand Prix last week, one university engineer was paying particular attention to the nuts and bolts end of the...

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  9. A legal contract is not slavery 1

    First, we had the complaints from some that when they took industrial action employers "docked" wages. Nowhere else would people withdraw their labour and still expect such actions to have no cost....

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  10. A legal contract is not slavery 2

    Along with Robert Cook, I am one of those at Sheffield University who have been advised that they are contractually obliged to remain in post for the research assessment exercise. Despite having...

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  11. A legal contract is not slavery 3

    A contract is a legally binding agreement between parties. When Robert Cook signed his employment contract with Sheffield University he agreed to its terms, including the conditions for terminating...

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  12. A legal contract is not slavery 4

    I am surprised that Robert Cook, a professor of history, is comparing his situation to slavery. I do not recall many slaves earning a professorial salary. RAE or no RAE, a contract is a contract. I...

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  13. Carrot works better 1

    Had Marc Hauser and Ernst Fehr submitted their paper on reform of the reviewing process to a peer-reviewed journal ("Make all see that deadline matters", Opinion, July 6), it would probably have been...

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  14. Carrot works better 2

    So Marc Hauser and Ernst Fehr regard the review process as broken. This is the system whereby academics write papers at work and then hand over the copyright to a commercial publisher for free. Other...

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  15. Let's have pay peace 1

    I would consider myself to be among the "sensible people", described by outgoing Universities and Colleges Employers Association chair Alasdair Smith ("We must sit around a single table", Opinions,...

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