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Czech Science and research gets boost The Czech Government will fund the transformation of the state's best higher education institutions into research universities as part of a drive to boost the...
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In the free-for-all of local pay talks, nobody wins
Trading national for local salary negotiations leads to more disputes and inequality, not less, says Sally Hunt. In 1997, the Dearing report said: "Central pay bargaining is under strain, as many...
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Peep's Diary
Coffee? Cake? Alphabet soup? Pity David Eastwood, the chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. He must have thought Hefce's annual meeting with university governors held...
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'Racism' is about more than colour
The problem with standard critical race theory is the narrowness of its remit, says Mike Cole. One of the main tenets of critical race theory is that "white supremacy" is the norm in societies rather...
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We must preserve our great treasure
The latest funding rise is too small to safeguard the proven excellence of Scotttish higher education, warns Anton Muscatelli. I will not be the only Scottish vice-chancellor disappointed at last...
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Quest for new grade system: must try harder
The Burgess report reveals a sector ducking the issue of our outdated degree classifications, argues Roger Brown. Anyone seeking a crash course in some of the dilemmas the sector currently faces...
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Who got that cash?
The humble British garden is the subject of a new three-year research project by Kent University researchers. Entitled "The Ethnobotany of British Home Gardens: Diversity, Knowledge and Exchange",...
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Fixed-term posts still the norm for researchers
UCU condemns 'unacceptable underbelly' of UK higher education. Melanie Newman reports. Just 3.5 per cent of research jobs currently advertised by universities are permanent positions, the University...
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Elimination technique
Yes, do come in, Mr Gunnell. Welcome to the University of Poppleton. Please take a seat. Let me begin the proceedings by introducing the appointments committee. My name is Jamie Targett, director of...
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Tim Birkhead
In 1973 Konrad Lorenz won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his pioneering studies of animal behaviour. His contribution was the study of "imprinting", epitomised by images of himself closely followed...
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Leader: Thumping tubs and other issues of governance
"Each tub on its own bottom" is the stout metaphor Harvard employs to proclaim its faculties' constitutional independence. The tubs did for former president Larry Summers. Their equivalents in Oxford...
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Oxford v-c to go but reform still on the agenda
Hefce continues to press for governance modernisation as John Hood reveals that he will not renew term after 2009. Melanie Newman reports. John Hood's decision to leave his post as Oxford University...
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The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam
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Stochastic Integration Theory. First Edition
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