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Name : Hugh Jones Age: 39 Job: Registrar and secretary, Goldsmiths, University of London Salary: Yes What's your practical training/education? BSc (Econ) in Philosophy, LSE; MA Higher and...
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Correction (Ask the panel, September 7)
In Ask the Panel, September 7, we incorrectly reproduced a response by the University and College Union to a question about staff representation at disciplinary hearings. The printed version said...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I'm an experienced researcher, with more than ten years' experience, but as I am on a...
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Say goodbye to the office
Coventry University is pioneering 'no desk' contracts while Nottingham Trent's move to open-plan working sparks complaints. Tony Tysome and Tariq Tahir report Coventry University is pioneering a...
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Who got that cash?
The School of Education at Queen's University, Belfast, is managing a Pounds 3.7 million programme to bring together schools in Northern Ireland across denominational divisions. A mix of 60 primary...
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Britain gets vote of foreign students
Poll gives top rating to quality of teaching and course content in UK universities. Tariq Tahir reports UK universities are the best in the world for teaching and supporting their international...
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Private college to award degrees
The power to award degrees has been granted to a private, profit-making company for the first time. In what has been described as an "astonishing, monumental decision", the Privy Council has handed...
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'Designers are not hairdressers who sort out a project on a bad hair day'
Nick Leon, the new director of the Design-London joint venture, draws on both academic and industry skills. Designers have not always had the respect they deserve from the engineering world,...
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On the move...
*Canterbury Christ Church University has appointed Adrian Adams, former manager of professional training for Kent Social Services, as head of the department of social work, community and mental...
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Publishing jam creates RAE fears
Academic claims delay could cause her to lose vital support for research. Melanie Newman reports. An academic has spoken out over her fears that she will be excluded from next year's research...
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New transfers score hit
Could a football manager be appointed vice-chancellor of a university and steer it to the top of the academic premier league? The idea is not as far-fetched as it may sound, according to one...
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UK lowest on freedom list
The UK is the worst country in Europe for supporting and protecting academic freedom and free speech, according to a new research paper, writes Louise Radnofsky. Britain is "the sick man of Europe"...
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Next week
Do the write thing Hanif Kureishi reveals why he decided to start teaching creative writing PLUS After God: Richard Harries on the rise of secularism
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Universities join academy rolls
Labour emphasised broader participation at its conference, Rebecca Attwood reports. The Tories, meanwhile, want to encourage business-focused learning. More than a dozen universities around the...
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Conservatives propose research shake-up
Sweeping reforms of UK research funding, which would see the Arts and Humanities Research Council brought under central government control and mergers between other research councils, have been...