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Edinburgh university and NHS in £50m research bid Edinburgh University and NHS Lothian are set to take part in a £50 million research project aimed at developing new medicines. They will be joined by...
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V-cs add to RAE clamour
Almost a third of university heads would scrap the 2008 research assessment exercise, according to a poll by The Times Higher . The revelation that so many vice-chancellors would get rid of the RAE...
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Fluency can be all yours... for a small fee
Accusations of "spoon-feeding gone mad" were levelled at Bradford University this week when it emerged that it provides students with a list of professional proofreaders to help them correct poor...
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'I'm not here to create a revolution. it will be evolution from where we are'
Richard Barnett officially assumes the role of Ulster University vice-chancellor, succeeding Gerry McKenna Richard Barnett, the new vice-chancellor of Ulster University, is in no need of a settling-...
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On the move...
* Sir Alan West, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, is to be the first chancellor of Southampton Solent University. * Robin Jackson has been appointed chief executive and secretary of...
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Pay impasse set to hit finals
With no shift in the 6 per cent pay offer in sight, hopes of conciliation have been dashed. Phil Baty reports The national pay dispute looks set to drag on to hit final exams in summer after even...
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V-c withdraws docking threat
A vice-chancellor has done a U-turn over his plans to dock the pay of staff boycotting student assessments, writes Phil Baty. The move by David Halton, vice-chancellor of Glamorgan University, has...
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Dispute dispatches
Liverpool John Moores University: three union members are refusing to work on a whole-institution Quality Assurance Agency audit. In the engineering department, no exam scripts are being handed in....
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Natfhe candidate will set up two-horse race
An opponent has emerged to run head-to-head with Sally Hunt for leadership of 120,000-member 'super-union' Sally Hunt, head of the Association of University Teachers, will face a top-level challenger...
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Next week
ANATOMY OF A DISPUTE Analysis of the major players in the pay dispute PLUS Sustainability supplement, Andrew Motion on literary festivals and Chris McManus gets to grips with Handel and the castrati
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Journal index fuels RAE fears
A drive by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a Europe-wide citation index this week reignited fears among academics that such a list would be unfairly employed in the next research...
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Comedy degree no joke
Have you heard the one about the students taking a degree in comedy? It may sound like the start of a bad joke, but Southampton Solent University could not be more serious. The university claimed...
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Sussex seeks new talent, but axe must fall to pay bill
Sussex University has announced plans to create up to 75 new academic posts as part of a £4.4 million programme of "academic renewal". The first 20 jobs, advertised in The Times Higher this week,...
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New ID brings in gold
Sheffield University has won a top award for a marketing strategy that has helped the institution carve out a distinct identity in the increasingly competitive higher education market. The university...
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Say it with cake
Members of pro-animal research group Pro-Test handed out doughnuts and cakes to workers at the construction site of Oxford University's animal research laboratory. Laurie Pycroft, Pro-Test founder,...