Ashes to ashes, universities to dust
Universities are now like Jeremy Bentham, hollow husks of their former selves, laments Christopher Bigsby
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UCU looks set for court battle for striking members’ pay
But law might not be on its side in its effort to prevent docking of full day’s pay, solicitor says
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Unexpected surplus for London Met but pain lingers
University warns more savings are needed as it admits international recruitment will not recover for years
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Uncapped numbers: it’s a different story Down Under
The experience of uncapping numbers in the UK will be different from that in ߣߣÊÓƵ, says Libby Hackett
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Competition body expected to run market study of sector
Fees would be a focus in Competition and Markets Authority investigation, sources believe
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Stephen Hawking professorship in cosmology a ‘threat to meritocracy’
Cambridge to put plan to set up new chair to vote after $6 million donation from Avery-Tsui Foundation
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York sticks by ‘no women’ promise to male student
Human rights invoked in guaranteeing female-free seminars
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AHRC grants help scholars and firms to serve up archives
Food, feminism and assumptions about asylum seekers among areas explored in eight AHRC-backed projects
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Europe’s early career researchers gloomy over prospects
Long hours, job insecurity and need for mentoring noted in global survey of young scientists
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The FoI burden - there are no easy answers
Paul Gibbons says lack of time, money and legal clarity can all affect universities’ responses to FoI Act requests
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Productive head drives others to raise their game
Quality of papers rises in units led by strong researchers, study claims
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Q&A with Nick Hillman
We speak to the director of the Higher Education Policy Institute
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Goodbye to All That? The Story of Europe since 1945, by Dan Stone
Post-war history from East and West perspectives creates vivid impressions for Roger Morgan
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No retreating to Little England
I was an early reader. Let me be precise: I was an early reader of the Treaty of Rome. It was the 1960s and I was in my first job. IÂ was told to write a paper on the policy implications of the Treaty...
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A third of staff would like to leave, THE survey finds
Inaugural THE Best University Workplace Survey reveals discontent and fears over security of employment