Bristol scoops £5m ideas deal
Academics stand to benefit from a £5 million deal signed by intellectual property firm IP2IPO and Bristol University to market research ideas. The 25-year contract is the latest in a series of...
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Broken pledge betrays post-92s, Driscoll says
Downing Street and senior ministers have "reneged" on a promise to give post-92 universities the lion's share of funding for applied research and knowledge-transfer work, it was claimed this week....
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No move on pensions
Academics' pension contributions will remain unchanged after the latest official valuation of the Universities Superannuation Scheme reported that the fund was £5 billion in surplus. Employers will...
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Disparity sows discord
Hundreds of technical support staff at Manchester University are threatening to strike over pay disparity between those employed formerly by the University of Manchester Institute of Science and...
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Pulse on the prize
Two British-led research groups this week received €200,000 (£135,500) shares of the €1 million Descartes Research Prize from European Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik. The Pulse team, led by...
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We're glad to be postgrads
A Times Higher -NPC survey offers some surprising insights into the postgraduate-supervisor relationship. reports Anna Fazackerley The stereotype of egotistical postgraduate supervisors who are...
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Government hints at change to Terror Bill to protect scholars
Academics and librarians should be given further protection from prosecution under the Government's anti-terrorism legislation as ministers move to ease fears that academic freedom would be...
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Treasury forks out to forge China link
Changes to the immigration rules for overseas students and a new £4 million fund to foster Anglo-Sino university links were announced this week by Chancellor Gordon Brown in a move to "boost higher...
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Triumphant Cameron promises healthy funding
Well-funded universities will be a priority under a Tory government, David Cameron declared this week in his first speech as Conservative Party leader, writes Paul Hill. Mr Cameron, the former Shadow...
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Russell Group seeks leader to oversee its expanded role
A director-general is to be appointed by the Russell Group of research universities as part of a "step change" in its lobbying ahead of the Government's 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. The group...
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V-cs and unions air fears over sponsored schools
Lecturers' unions and vice-chancellors warned against universities sponsoring new city academies as it emerged that four institutions are in talks with the Government about sponsoring schools, writes...
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Sykes gives support to nuclear option
Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial College London, leapt to the defence of nuclear power this week as academics debated whether public emotion is constraining science, writes Anna Fazackerley. At...
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London Met staff were unfairly dismissed
An employment tribunal has ruled in favour of a group of staff at London Metropolitan University who claimed that they were unfairly dismissed when the university tried to put them on new, inferior...
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Big fall in medical teachers
Universities may be forced to squeeze the number of medical school places they can offer unless they can train more academic clinicians, a conference heard this week. Medical academics attending the...
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Managers to get into peak condition
There may be more rain than snow and no slopes or chairlifts in sight but Manchester University aims to be a training mecca for ski-resort bosses. A new World Academy of Sport Executive Centre,...