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Scots to devolve decision making
Funding chiefs end tickbox culture that hinders academe, says Olga Wojtas The tickbox approach to higher education administration that consumes so much academic time has run its course in the UK,...
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Who's in who's out?
King's, London Peter Parker, professor of cancer cell biology at King's College London, co-manages the institution's new Experimental Cancer Centre, in which clinical and non-clinical academics work...
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Leicester centre aims to expand body of evidence
Leicester University is building on its world-class record in forensic science with the launch this week of a new multidisciplinary forensic research centre, which is expected to help recruit...
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'There is a need for further education as cardiac nurses are specialist roles'
Susan Kennedy has been appointed the first British Heart Foundation lecturer in cardiac care Susan Kennedy has been appointed to a unique nursing lectureship to help the fight against heart disease....
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On the move...
* Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, has appointed Susan Deacon , former member of the Scottish Parliament and health minister, professor of social change. * David Barclay has been appointed to a...
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Private firms tighten grip
More universities are handing their English-language tuition to outside firms, Melanie Newman reports Private companies are in talks with six universities to provide English-language teaching to...
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Get into citizen-shape
Today's students are often accused of political apathy, but university lecturers from a more politically fired generation are encouraging them to become engaged and active citizens. Politics...
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Security fears after shootings
The American academic community was in a state of shock this week over the shooting of at least 32 people, including three professors, at Virginia Tech University. As The Times Higher went to press,...
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Raised profile launches projects into new orbits
Staff morale at Leeds Metropolitan University has soared since the institution won the 2006 Times Higher award for its outstanding contribution to the local community. "Within the university it has...
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Next week
Top jobs bonanza The rise of the professoriate in UK universities Plus In from the cold: how the release of Cold War archives is helping analysts draw vital lessons in the battle against al-Qaeda
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Laurie Taylor Column
"Academics owe it to society to promote themselves as public intellectuals" - Barbara Misztal, head of Leicester University's department of sociology. The University of Poppleton Department of Media...
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Leader: Not all tools are blunt instruments
It is hard for those outside the university sector to appreciate the hostility many academics feel towards what are regarded elsewhere as routine tools of management, in this case psychometric...
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Leader: Freedom from forms
For anyone working in a UK university, form-filling has been a one-way ratchet for many years. While most academics like the idea of accountability, the reality has been more work for little reward....
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A mismanaged performance? 1
Performance-management systems stifle flexibility, destroy goodwill and sap the commitment of employees. At least, that's the message that comes through in Frank Furedi's discussion of performance...