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Job losses loom at Bedfordshire
V-c blames ELQ funding cuts and higher wage bills, but union begs to differ. Melanie Newman reports
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Adjudicator upholds 26% of student complaints
Taking a degree is now seen as "like passing a driving test", a report from the student complaints body said this week as it published figures showing a 25 per cent rise in complaints.The Office of...
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The verdict: universities are failing too few people
DIUS student juries are concerned about pass marks, class size and staff numbers, says Rebecca Attwood
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'Holiday brochure' prospectuses can create unrealistic picture
Application and course advice is inadequate, juries tell Government. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Financial aid 'illogical and unfair'
Students have branded the university finance system unfair, illogical and bureaucratic.In a series of "student juries" held around the country, students demanded much clearer information on funding...
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Top 20 countries in clinical medicine based on citations per paper
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007
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Downloading democracy
Tara Brabazon takes a listophile’s delight in a celebration of musical progress
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Time-limited disciplinary warnings
We are frequently asked if disciplinary warnings that have expired can be taken into account in later disciplinary hearings. Is this the case and what are the risks?
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Goodbye to Quality
In a pioneering move, Poppleton University announced this week that it was abandoning its traditional concern with high-quality research. Our Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, explained...
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And then I discovered DNA
Tim Birkhead on the trumpet-blowing and florid fiction of the academic CV
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Leader: Debate is a cardinal virtue, too
Cardinal O'Brien's intemperate broadside against embryology research buries an opportunity for discussion in invective
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Rosemary Pope, 1958-2008
Rosemary Pope, the University of Bournemouth's pro vice-chancellor for education, died suddenly on 20 March.Professor Pope, who held a PhD in psychology, was a professor of education with a...
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Delivering first aid for mental distress 1
I am a dyslexia tutor who mentors students with specific learning difficulties. Increasingly, my colleagues and I are being asked to support students with mental health problems as well as dealing...
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Delivering first aid for mental distress 2
A student exhibiting signs of stress, depression or mental illness is truly an impossible case for academics to handle, particularly in the context of an already taxing daily workload. Yet the fact...