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A moral middle ground
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Academia has sold out, 72% believe
'Bums on seats' wins out over 'speaking truth to power', reports Phil Baty Higher education is "selling its soul" as managerialism, regulation and the drive to get "bums on seats" replace the wider...
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'Waste of space' - staff are ticked off
Academics plan degree courses, lectures for hundreds of students, major conferences and multimillion-pound research projects but it seems they are not trusted to book their own teaching rooms....
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'Previous winners are big shots. I'm kind of surprised to be on that list'
Dermatology expert Irwin McLean, whose work on eczema has put him into the spotlight, has won €40,000 A Dundee University dermatology expert was savouring the sweet smell of success this week after...
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On the move...
The College of Estate Management has appointed Ann Heywood principal and chief executive from January, succeeding Peter Goodacre on his retirement. * Two members have been appointed to the Scottish...
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Bad managers put six 'at risk'
A string of self-inflicted problems, including management incompetence, revealed in letters sent out by the funding council. Phil Baty reports Six higher education institutions officially deemed to...
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Kline wins support across the board
The race to be elected general secretary of the 120,000-strong University and College Union kicked off in earnest this week with a strong challenge to joint general secretary and current favourite...
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£1.3m 'spies' project ditched
A controversial government research project criticised for enlisting academics as "spies" in the war against terrorism has been abandoned after The Times Higher highlighted fears that the proposals...
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Next week
Clocking up the teaching hours Revealed: the quality and quantity of teaching at UK universities - full analysis of the Higher Education Policy Institute's latest report.
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Science boom fails to add up
Reanalysed figures show reported upturn in science student numbers was overoptimistic. Anthea Lipsett reports. The long-term recovery in undergraduate science has been overstated, the Royal Society...
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Ucas data give hope to troubled subjects
Science degrees have survived the introduction of top-up fees with more ease than many in the arts. Universities accepted more chemistry students this year than in any year since 1999 and 3.7 per...
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Research centre deal may collapse as costs spiral
National medical research project under threat unless it gets Whitehall backing. Anna Fazackerley reports A much-trumpeted multimillion-pound national centre for patient-focused research at...
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Bundle of grants
Consolidating research grant funding and introducing institutional quotas for grant bids are included in a new research council consultation on how to make peer review more efficient. The...