London, 7 July 2006 Review of Events Involving the Transport of Radioactive Materials in the UK, from 1958 to 2004, and their Radiological Consequences Full text (PDF, 166 KB, 46 pages) By J S Hughes...
Women denied top jobs by glass ceiling in universities Women are being denied access to the most senior university jobs despite a continuing increase in the numbers of female staff in higher...
Sky in a Bottle
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This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by a novelist who started her career as an actress in Liverpool rep: "On the morning of...
Working for a university may not pay that much but employees can count on vastly superior childcare provision, according to a Times Higher survey. All but two of the 38 institutions that responded to...
Academics feel vulnerable as they are subjected to aggressive demands, write Jessica Shepherd and Phil Baty Parents are becoming increasingly aggressive towards university staff, demanding...
Jill Rubery was the first female professor at what was Umist. She has now been appointed BA fellow Jill Rubery, professor of comparative employment systems at Manchester University, is one of 34...
* Robert Adams , Oxford University, philosophy; Stephen Ball , Institute of Education, London, sociology of education; Dorothy Bishop , Oxford, developmental neuropsychology; Ken Booth , University...
An external assessor who advised failing a thesis that took ideas from others' work, including her own, has been relieved of her duties. Phil Baty reports Leeds University has replaced an external...