Thrills and skills
In the commercial programming world, small is becoming beautiful. Ray Auchterlounie outlines what businesses look for in graduate recruits The graduates of today - and tomorrow - who are seeking...
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Passion for play
Students can be kept interested through exposure to the latest tools and technologies, as David Grey explains Students are aware of many of the latest trends in technology and quickly spot when the...
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Sir Harry returns to UK - and to Sussex
Nobel prizewinning chemist Sir Harry Kroto has been lured back to Britain from the US to work in a chemistry department that narrowly escaped the axe this year, The Times Higher can exclusively...
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Bonus culture sweeps sector
77% of universities introduce performance-related pay and sanctions for underachievers. Phil Baty reports. Corporate-style cash bonuses for top-performing academics and sanctions against...
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'I'm interested in ensuring staff get recognition for teaching skills'
Janet Beer, the new Oxford Brookes vice-chancellor, has a strong record in continuing professional development. Janet Beer, named this week as the next vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University,...
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On the move...
* Anton Muscatelli , professor of political economy and vice-principal of Glasgow University, has been named principal of Heriot-Watt University. * Oxford University has appointed: Ian Goldin ,...
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Honeymoon is over for UCU
A very public row has erupted at the merged academic union as one joint head attacks the other, suggesting that this year's pay dispute was mishandled. Phil Baty reports. Open warfare has broken out...
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Hindi axed as PM honoured
The timing could hardly have been worse, writes Phil Baty. In the week that Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, flew in to promote his country's cultural and educational links with Britain and...
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Under-strain USS moots higher retirement age
Academics joining old universities could see their retirement age rise above 65 as the Universities Superannuation Scheme launches a major consultation exercise to meet increased pension costs. The...
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ICT SUPPLEMENT E-Science gets right to the heart of the arts and humanities PLUS: World rankings in medicine
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41% would like next exercise to be halted
Academics, vice-chancellors and learned societies all agree - the RAE must go. But there's no consensus about what should replace it, The Times Higher finds. Two fifths of academics would cancel the...
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Rethink on arts
The expert group looking at how to use metrics to judge research quality in the arts and humanities said this week that half the judgment should be based on peer review of research outputs, after...
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Government models 'disastrous', says UCU
Replacing the research assessment exercise with any of the models proposed in the Government's metrics consultation could crush academic freedom and increase pressure on academics to change their...
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Wellcome has a charitable view of metrics
The Wellcome Trust, the UK's biggest research charity, this week came out in favour of a wholly quantitative metrics-based research assessment system to replace the current exercise. Mark Walport,...
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Treasury focus on top 10
The Treasury is keen to use a new metrics-based research assessment system that would further concentrate research funding, potentially creating a top tier of no more than ten institutions, vice-...