Desperately seeking Sarah
Sheffield Hallam University can boast some of the most honest students. Sarah Akers, an 18-year-old psychology undergraduate, was sent half a dozen letters from the Inland Revenue urging her to claim...
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Surprised by such old news
"Surprise £68 million cut in research funding", ran the headline on a story in The Guardian 's online edition last week. The report says: "Not a science researcher in the country would have been...
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A place to nourish your mind and body?
The OU and Tesco have struck a deal to offer discounts on degree study, but Geoff Andrews has a number of ethical concerns. So customers of the UK's largest supermarket are to be encour-aged to...
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Defence of the jury is an open and shut case
If we abandon trial by our peers, we abandon the transparency essential to a robust legal system, argues Thom Brooks Why should we have a right to a trial by jury? An increasing number of academics...
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Time to get off the treadmill
Each day brings another invitation to some pointless conference. Frank Furedi recommends giving them all the cold shoulder. I can just about live with my daily round of commercial spam. Without a...
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Don't let bullies crush your zest
Workplace bullying is often subtle but can destroy a victim's health, confidence and career. Harriet Swain outlines the steps you can take to nip this growing problem in the bud and where to get help...
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No Victorian vices at weekends
Name: Diane Mason. Age: 51. Job: Freelance writer, researcher and sometime lecturer at Bath Spa University. Education: I left school at 15 with no qualifications and entered higher education in 1992...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'Despite an avowed commitment to staff review and development at my university, I have...
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Colleges fear jobs at risk as places cut
Small institutions want compensation for reduction in places for teacher and nurse training. Tony Tysome reports. Jobs in specialist higher education colleges could be under threat unless lost...
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Who got that cash?
The most important commercial radio archive in the UK will be preserved for academic use thanks to a £750,000 grant. Academics at Bournemouth University's Media School have been awarded the money to...
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Lecturer steals drivers' vehicle to lobby PM for more pay
Inspired by the example of angry motorists who gathered the signatures of more than a million and a half people to fight government proposals for road charging, lecturers have turned to the Downing...
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Research councils’ budgets slashed by £68m
Scores of academics will be denied research grants, postdoctoral research positions will be scrapped and hundreds of PhD students could be prevented from embarking on academic careers it was warned...
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The value of trivial pursuits
Queuing, park railings, the history of crossing the road... Joe Moran's research into the 'bleeding obvious' yields fascinating insights into historical and political changes Is the trivia of...
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Don't hide the sins of yesteryear
In their attempt to promote 'Britishness', politicians and historians these days seem increasingly to find reasons to celebrate the Empire while playing down the many horrors that arose from it,...
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Temples of learning
How far should universities go to accommodate the demands of religious groups, asks Alex Klaushofer. Times are certainly changing for the devout on Britain's campuses. According to many leaders of...