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Summertime, but living's not easy for staff facing the chop
It was meant to be a light-hearted summer send-off from the musical vice-chancellor of City University London, but a song evoking images of easy living has provoked the ire of staff living in the...
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Mandelson's main motifs to be economy and mobility
Lord Mandelson is expected to focus on social mobility and the economy in his first major speech on higher education.The First Secretary, who took responsibility for the sector in last month's...
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More places, but no more teaching grant
'Fiscally neutral' move opens door to 10,000 extra in STEM subjects. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Institutions think the unthinkable and model 20% budget reductions
Hefce says scale of cuts is nowhere near mooted 'worst-case scenarios'. Melanie Newman writes
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Unions' dismay at Ucea's 'appalling' pay offer
The five higher education trade unions have indicated they are likely to reject a 0.5 per cent pay offer made by employers.In a joint statement, the University and College Union, the Educational...
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Artists may hold the formula for a renaissance in maths
Art is 'profoundly similar' to mathematics and can help revive it, paper argues. Hannah Fearn writes
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Graduate employment data make 'grim reading'
The proportion of graduates who were unemployed six months after completing their degrees rose by more than a third last year, new figures reveal.The statistics, which date from 2007-08 and so do not...
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Group reminds institutions of duty to help lowest paid
Universities told of 'moral obligation' to pay more than minimum wage. Melanie Newman reports
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Irish universities to fight new controls on staff spending
The heads of Irish universities have questioned the legality of attempts by the Government to place a moratorium on the recruitment and promotion of staff.The seven Irish universities have been given...
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No regulation, no CAM revival, Uclan decides
Degrees in homoeopathy, acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine will not be revived by the University of Central Lancashire unless the Government uses its statutory powers to regulate the subjects....
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It's a big day, and it keeps getting bigger
Graduation ceremonies proliferate as student numbers and interest rises. Ciaran Jones reportsThe number of graduation ceremonies held by universities has rocketed as the expansion of higher education...
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You won't win, you can't speak
Dundee rector and by-election candidate was not invited to UCU debate. Melanie Newman reports
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News in brief
Pakistani studentsImmigration officials release twoTwo Pakistani students arrested in April on suspicion of terrorism offences have been released by the immigration authorities. The men, who had...
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Can't buy you love
Gary Day is disturbed by a dramatisation of the financial crisis and a portrayal of society's decline