Hold the phone plan
BT now employs less than 50 per cent of the people it did in 1984 when it was privatised. It is worth remembering this when considering useful role models for the future of higher education in this...
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Scaring the spooks away
Christopher Bigsby argues that academia is a prime recruiting ground for espionage ("Smiley's people", Opinion, 22 November). Leaving aside the point that I am not inclined to spy on people, I have...
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EPSRC grant: now no crystal ball required
Council’s chair ditches ‘misleading’ wording on strategic importance of research. Paul Jump writes
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Not monkeys, so why the peanuts?
Graphene discoverer takes aim at applied bias and short-term thinking. Paul Jump reports
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Opportunity blocks
Racial equality is sliding down the government’s agenda, says Sally Feldman
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Leader: Restate the statements of intent
Learning outcomes' laudable vision has been obscured by bureaucracy and the market: it's time to return to first principles
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Still leading, learning and sharing passion for teaching
Jack Grove speaks to the former president of Ireland who will lead an EU inquiry into higher education
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Charitable trust, shareholder suspicion: Buckingham v-c's for-profit fears
The head of the UK’s first privately funded university has reacted to the creation of the second such institution with “great scepticism”, warning that dependence on shareholders could be “even more...
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Knight takes critical position to become BIS grandmaster
Sir John O’Reilly will soon become the sector’s most powerful civil servant. He talks to Elizabeth Gibney
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The week in higher education
• A British scientist caught smuggling cocaine in a bid to impress someone he thought was a former Miss Bikini World has been jailed for almost five years, the Daily Mail reported on 21 November....
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From Where I Sit - Money in the pot
When CNN called the election for President Obama surprisingly early in the evening of 6 November, the crowd in Sproul Plaza went wild. There was cheering, dancing, hugging and, yes, a couple of...
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No risk posed by 10 little newbies
GuildHE chief reassures sector as Willetts hails removal of size restrictions. John Morgan reports
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Gold-watch time for 'simplistic' NSS survey?
The National Student Survey should be replaced by a poll asking undergraduates how much they have engaged with their studies and university life, the head of a mission group has said.Speaking at the...
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Staff put on red alert over Bolton's drastic plans to get into the black
Claims that overseas and private ventures may have added to financial woes. John Morgan reports