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* Winchester University has appointed Joy Carter vice-chancellor. She is currently pro vice-chancellor (academic) at Glamorgan University and will succeed Paul Light on his retirement in April. *...
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Majority vote to revise Cambridge rules governing intellectual property rights
Cambridge University academics voted overwhelmingly to back controversial reforms of the institution's rules on intellectual property this week, as headhunters continued their search for a new...
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HE research is ideas rich but cash poor
UK academics expressed frustration this week that while billions of pounds are spent on research, they can not get sufficient funding to direct their expert attention closer to home and examine the...
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Boris the bold steps out of the limelight into the shadow
The university sector is braced for controversy after the appointment of Boris Johnson, probably the Conservative Party's most popular and irrepressible politician, to the post of Shadow Higher...
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Next week
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14 to 19 plan unveiled
The Government unveiled its plans to reform 14 to 19 education and training, including the introduction of 14 vocational diplomas, and extended essays and harder questions at A level that aim to...
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Gloucestershire v-c
Patricia Broadfoot, pro vice-chancellor of Bristol University, has been appointed vice-chancellor of Gloucestershire University. Professor Broadfoot's research interests include educational...
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Ex-Oxbridge rule
A quarter of MPs and 42 per cent of peers in Parliament were educated at Oxbridge, a report by the Sutton Trust charity reveals this week. The report also says that Labour MPs who serve as members of...
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Nautical winner
This year's British Academy Book Prize has been awarded to N. A. M. Rodger, professor of naval history at Exeter University, for The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815.
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Kingston's virtual boost
Research carried out at Kingston University found that e-learning widens the diversity of students applying for university. Kingston's Virtual Learning Environment, produced by software supplier...
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New Durham college
Durham University is to open its first new college in the city for more than 30 years. The 16th of Durham's colleges will be named after Josephine Butler, the Northumberland-born writer and social...
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Correction
In our report about Leeds Metropolitan University's position on leave during its staff development festival (November 4), the words "in any but rare circumstances" were omitted from a sentence quoted...
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Gag money rejected
The whistleblower who raised the alarm about the conduct of a Sheffield University study with the drug company Procter & Gamble rejected a £145,000 payoff from his university. Aubrey Blumsohn...
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MP calls for probe into Sheffield's relationship with the drug industry
MPs have raised fresh concerns that the commercial interests of the pharmaceutical industry are hampering independent academic research after The Times Higher 's reports about the conduct of...
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Fun guy cultivates a delicious business
A former PhD student has raised £175,000 for his company cultivating truffles after pitching the business idea on the BBC programme Dragons' Den earlier this year. Paul Thomas turned down money...