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Politics with a little bit of street cred
Joined-Up Government
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Damned if you do, Saddam if you don't
A Matter of Principle
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Dearth of new blood will stifle research
Urgent action is required to avert a crisis in the UK's social sciences, according to a major report that reveals for the first time the full extent of staffing problems in the field. The report, due...
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My prof is a bit stinky, snooty and very unhip
Stuck-up, disorganised and unclean, with terrible dress sense and illegible handwriting. This is how lecturers are summed up in the responses to a poll that asked university students: "What really...
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'Marine mammals occupy a very special place in people's psyche'
Ian Boyd, professor at St Andrews University's Sea Mammal Research Unit, on our fascinating friends The excitement over a bottlenose whale's sojourn in the River Thames last week sank into...
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On the move...
* Sir Kenneth Calman , vice-chancellor of Durham University and former chief medical officer at the Department of Health, has been elected chancellor of Glasgow University. * Mike Cole , former...
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Police anger at 'handbag war'
Anna Fazackerley reports on an academic debate on extremism that led to public censure A public debate held this week between an intelligence expert and a vice-chancellor over the question of...
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PhD vetting 'not working'
The system for vetting PhD students from high-risk countries is not working and is likely to be taken out of universities' hands, the conference was told. Michael Murtagh, a senior civil servant in...
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Fighting student plagiarism with verifiably new ideas
City University this week launched its inaugural Plagiarism Awareness Week, offering workshops for staff and students on topics ranging from plagiarism-proofing assessments to updates on the latest...
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Dentistry growth gnaws at staffing
The expansion of student numbers in dentistry could exacerbate staffing shortages in the discipline, a medical dean warned this week as funding chiefs decided on whether to fund a new dental school....
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Next week
The rules of the game We examine all the key decisions and potential pitfalls in the assessment criteria for the 2008 RAE
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The publishing rich: Shelf-made wealth of textbook tycoons
Bestsellers and study staples deliver profitable returns, Jessica Shepherd finds Academics can boost their annual salaries by tens of thousands of pounds by producing undergraduate textbooks in...
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Student threat to boycott survey
Student leaders at Russell Group universities have threatened to boycott the national student satisfaction survey amid concerns that students were harassed on mobile phones for last year's study. The...
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Rumpled and ready to rumble
If higher education is to raise its profile, celebrity Tory Boris Johnson could be the man to do it. And he is already putting financial freedom for universities in the spotlight, writes Anna...