Scholar bites back at Stasi 'innuendo'
An expert on the former East Germany has published an angry rebuttal of claims that he assisted the Communist state's secret police in the 1980s, when he was a peace activist publicly supporting...
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MP quits committee to launch think-tank
Labour MP Ian Gibson has resigned from the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee and is setting up a rival group, The Times Higher can reveal. The rebel MP, who was renowned for...
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Union accuses v-c of mass bullying
Leeds Metropolitan University vice-chancellor Simon Lee was accused this week of mass bullying and of threatening to sack staff who do not attend next year's "staff development festival". A document...
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Soas to review library layoffs
The School of Oriental and African Studies is to review its decision to sack two prominent librarians in a last-ditch attempt to avert industrial action, writes Phil Baty. At a special governors'...
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New code to crack down on research misconduct
Universities are introducing a code of practice for researchers, which will enable them to hold academics to account for mistakes and malpractice, The Times Higher can reveal. The Russell Group of...
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Scientists told to enlighten the confused
Scientists were warned to be "ready with answers" this week, as a UK-wide campaign was launched to help people decide which research results they can - and can't - trust. The lobbying body Sense...
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'Opaque' course costs set alarm bells ringing
Some universities spend almost four times more per nursing student than other institutions and almost three times more per medical student, according to a report published this week. The Higher...
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Fire-hit facility vows recovery
The fire that swept Southampton University research facilities last weekend was a "tragedy for UK science", research council chiefs said as salvage attempts began. Sunday's blaze destroyed part of...
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Log on to discuss why we are here
Have you ever wanted to know what wasn't art, or the difference between ethics and morality, or if, assuming there is no afterlife, it's irrational to fear death? Now members of the public with a...
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Ability to link teaching and research should decide jobs, academy says
An academic's success in landing the right job and climbing the career ladder should depend on his or her ability to link teaching and research, the Higher Education Academy said this week, writes...
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Industry lures Oxbridge staff
GlaxoSmithKline has netted two top Oxbridge researchers and more academics could follow as the company moves to narrow the university-industry divide. Paul Matthews, director of the Centre for...
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Help for professions urged
Sir Alan Langlands' report on graduate recruitment is calling for additional bursaries to boost uptake in medicine, law and teaching. Paul Hill reports Universities and employers could boost...
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Ministers chip in to £40m pot for part-timers
Ministers and funding council chiefs were poised this week to give universities a £40 million funding boost to help cover the costs of teaching part-time students, writes Paul Hill. Just weeks after...
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Researcher calls for teaching tailored to student diversity
Academics will need to change the way they teach to take account of students from increasingly diverse backgrounds, according to a researcher leading a study into learning at university. Chris...
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Formative action
When the Welsh rugby team take on the All Blacks in Cardiff this weekend, sport historians will cast their minds back 100 years to a pivotal moment in Welsh history. It was then that Wales ...