British Academy Visiting Fellowships
Deadline: 15/11/2006
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Bonuses tempt top staff in jobs boom
Golden hellos and perks lure the high-flyers in a fiercely competitive market, reports Anna Fazackerley Universities are having to offer pay premiums and special packages to attract and retain top...
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No, life is not just one long holiday
Contrary to common perception, academics do not enjoy lots of holidays, and they risk ill health as a result, research shows. The study found that two fifths of academics failed to take two weeks or...
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'Deaf children are able, but their level of language needs building up'
A childhood friendship inspired Diana Burman's prize-winning research on teaching deaf children grammar Diana Burman's interest in deaf children stems from her friendship with two deaf sisters when...
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Michael young prize
Runners-up * Michael Naughton and Michelle Ryan were each awarded £500 towards the costs of undertaking communication with research users and the wider public. Dr Naughton lectures at Bristol...
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Sector's safety record slated
Breaches in the law, two resulting in deaths, have led to prosecutions and fines, reports Phil Baty Universities and colleges were accused of neglecting the safety of their staff and students this...
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Mud, music and my.Hab or yours?
Gone are the days when worse-for-wear Glastonbury festival-goers searched in vain for their tent among thousands of others. James Dunlop, a student at the University of the West of England, has...
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UCU split over equality brief
A furious row has broken out at the very top of the University and College Union, after joint general secretary Sally Hunt was forced to cede control of equality issues to her male counterpart, Paul...
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Next week
PAY DAY Will lecturers vote to accept the 13.1 per cent three-year offer? Full ballot results and analysis
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Lecturing now women's work as men seek cash
New figures from Hefce reveal that almost half of all teaching academics are now female. Anna Fazackerley and Letitia Hughes report The number of female academics in English universities is rising,...
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Intellectual pros versus costly cons
Many London institutions offer market supplements to attract staff to work in an expensive city where finding suitable schooling for children can be a nightmare. But Natalie Fenton, who recently...
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Gender equality stalls north of border
The proportion of female staff in Scottish higher education may have been increasing in recent years, but it has stalled at professorial level, a new report suggests. Less than 5 per cent of female...
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Experts launch surgical strike at nip and tuck culture
Sociologists this week called for greater regulation of the cosmetic surgery industries amid fears that the UK is sliding into a quick-fix makeover culture, writes Anthea Lipsett. Anthony Elliot,...
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Vote on best digital aids
Could you transform your teaching or research if you had easy online access to historic images of polar expeditions (such as this one of Captain Scott with Terra Nova , 1911) or documents from...
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MPs told that v-cs did not sway Brown over RAE
Mandarins deny claims that new metrics plan has been rushed in to reduce costs. Anthea Lipsett reports The Government did not act in haste to replace the research assessment exercise with metrics,...