'Blunt' minister takes Welsh sector to task
Harsh words as report indicates 52% of funding is spent on support services. Hannah Fearn writes
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Carpe diem as Cetl plan winds down
As funding for the UK's largest-ever initiative in teaching and learning expires, the lifespan of many Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is coming to an end. But some Cetls have secured...
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Nothing shallow about Obama the liquid avatar
Bill Clinton may have had his moments with Monica Lewinsky, but Barack Obama is the "epitome of runniness" in an "era of disembedding without re-embedding", according to the inaugural issue of...
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THE unveils broad, rigorous new rankings methodology
Tally of key indicators jumps from six to 13 in 2010 world league tables, reports Phil Baty
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Academy's fame culture dissected
Symposium considers the 'mediagenic persona' of the public intellectual. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in brief
Academic boycottUCU votes on shunning of SussexThe University and College Union has called a ballot on what it calls the "ultimate sanction" against a university where job cuts are planned. Union...
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Online now
Vince Cable's criticism of vice-chancellors' pay last week prompted lively debate online.One reader writes: "The business secretary ought to get his targets right. Although v-cs do earn a lot in...
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTBasic sciencesAward winner: Karl EvansInstitution: University of SheffieldValue: £136,403Can climate change induce trophic mismatches that reduce orchid reproduction?Award winner...
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Unified theory: the academy, united, can never be defeated
As cuts bite, it would be easy for the sector to fragment. But, Keith Burnett argues, it must reject such pressures and work collectively to navigate the storm
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Windows shut on curiosity
Gavin Brown laments the disappearance of the basic programming languages, all but absent in the modern PC
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Daytime TV: Heavenly voices
There are some musical moments that make Gary Day forget class and everything else
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Field rankings for Germany
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999–December 2009
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'Nobody told me' - v-c claim
Our vice-chancellor is giving "serious thought" to following in the footsteps of Peter McCaffery, the vice-chancellor of Cumbria, who is leaving his job because at the time of his appointment he was...
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Duke of moral hazards
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is unimpressed by some of the Windsor clan
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Research Intelligence: No more plodding through
ESRC's first peer-review college aims to boost the success rates of grant applications. Neha Popat reports