UCU plans fresh strikes over USS
Union bid to expose hard-line v-cs who refuse to call for talks on pensions, writes John Morgan
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'Unfair' plans will mean big losses for small institutions
GuildHE calls for a rethink of proposed income threshold for innovation grant. Simon Baker reports
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I was on strike, you just didn't notice I had gone
When is a strike not a strike? The answer may be when no one notices your absence.After recent industrial action by the University and College Union, a union representative at the University of...
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Impact initiative will 'corrupt thinking', Nobel laureates claim
Nine Nobel laureates have thrown their weight behind a campaign urging academics to refuse to assess the impact section of research council grant applications they referee.
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Ambitious postdocs jostle for scant permanent posts
Poor job security a major issue in survey of chemist and physicist PhD graduates, writes Paul Jump
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Work is exhausting: more student contact 'predicts' burnout
Academics are as stressed as health professionals, a global analysis finds. Matthew Reisz reports
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Cable's attack on 'irrational' fee plans leads v-cs to seek more say on policy
Vice-chancellors have demanded more input into government policy after many reacted with dismay to a ministerial attack on universities planning to introduce tuition fees of about £9,000 a year.
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Panels grow but discontent lingers
Hispanists claim they are still under-represented despite concessions in Ref. Paul Jump writes
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UHI cuts six Gaelic posts
Dismayed funders question viability of institution's language-promotion mission. Hannah Fearn writes
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News in Brief
Chinese researchWeb of Knowledge spreads EastThomson Reuters has launched a new version of its Web of Knowledge that will expand the facility's coverage of research carried out in China. The widely...
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'Political victimisation' charge as UCL penalises student activists
Those accused of March occupation are told they face community service. John Morgan reports
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Independent authority
The British Academy can be proud of its steadfastly arm's-length allocation of public funds, Adam Roberts argues
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Impact: Collisions and Catastrophes
Monica Grady's thoughts turn to the end times in light of a striking exhibition on close encounters of the worst kind
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Arts review: The Tempest
A fresh, vivid and humorous retelling of Shakespeare's Tempest captivates Peter J. Smith
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Diary
ChichesterMervyn Peake: A Centenary CelebrationAlthough most famous for his best-selling Gormenghast series of Gothic novels, Mervyn Peake (1911-68) was a multi-talented artist in both words and...