'I'm all for women' - vice-chancellor
Our vice-chancellor has given a nod of approval to research findings that demonstrate the implicit gender bias in university hiring practices.He told our reporter Keith Ponting (30) that he had...

Our vice-chancellor has given a nod of approval to research findings that demonstrate the implicit gender bias in university hiring practices.He told our reporter Keith Ponting (30) that he had...
When we come to discuss postgraduate education a decade from now, no one will be able to say that we were not warned about the severe challenges facing the sector ("Debt put postgrads off before fees...
Regarding "INTO the deep for debt-hit 'dolphin'?" (News, 8 November): we would like to clarify a few points. First, the University of Gloucestershire's finances are improving, due in the main to...
More pharmacy students may be graduating than ever but in areas such as Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, there remain considerable difficulties in recruiting suitably qualified pharmacists ("Pharmacy...
"You're the boss of me now, but one day I'll go it alone" (News, 8 November) considered the interesting question of whether an international branch campus might eventually seek independence from its...
The commentary and illustrative map "Second degree of separation" (News, 8 November) was drawn from the 2012 Bologna Process Implementation Report. Although interesting, it does not compare like with...
I am grateful to ߣߣÊÓÆµ for citing my early work on the impact of the research assessment exercise ("Reach for the stars", 1 November). Two other issues have emerged over the years....
I was shocked to read your article on the proposed boycott of Taylor & Francis Group journals ("Firm chose haven, let's give it hell", News, 1 November). I had always found it to be an excellent...
So the University of Aberdeen has developed a test for schizophrenia that is 98 per cent accurate (Campus round-up, 8 November). Should I be worried if I test positive?Around 1 per cent of the...
May I add a footnote to Massimo Mazzotti's deeply disturbing article about the new Italian programme for research evaluation? ("Listing wildly", 8 November.) He did not report that under the proposed...
There is nothing bizarre about the seductive effects of Maurice Ravel's Bolero, but it has little to do with Torvill and Dean's use of it at the 1984 Winter Olympics (The week in higher education, 1...
Grant awards success rates rise but income falls for some research-intensives. Elizabeth Gibney writes
Senior scientists critical of allocation rules and assumptions behind £100m grant for ‘gold’ fees, writes Paul Jump

All those without whom: Paul Jump on schemes to recruit, train and accredit unsung heroes of the lab
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