UCL memo 'expects' 3*s
Academics at University College London have been angered by a management memo telling them they are expected to gain at least a 3* rating in the next research assessment exercise, writes Jessica...
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Volunteer trend gathers pace
Academics are signing up for voluntary work in their droves as universities lead the way on corporate responsibility, according to a higher education management expert, writes Jessica Shepherd. Sir...
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Job fear as Welsh duo aim for top
Bangor University plans to forge a "unique" research alliance with Aberystwyth University in an ambitious drive to join the Russell Group of top institutions. In what appears to be the latest...
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ARMED WITH CHUTZPAH Norman Finkelstein's accusations against law professor Alan Dershowitz risk the academic equivalent of a nuclear war
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Journal warned about P&G data
The whistleblower who raised the alarm about the probity of his research unit's conduct of a study carried out with the pharmaceutical company Procter & Gamble warned the editor of a...
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Fellows fight society line
The new president of the Royal Society this week faced a stinging attack by more than 40 fellows as the row over free online publication of research results came to a head. A string of big-name...
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Kel's bells
Northumbria University was praised this week for stumping up £5,000 to help restore a landmark church clock. The chiming clock at Christ Church, in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle, boasts a...
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A touch of glass
Neil Sorrell, a music lecturer at York University, has broken new ground by writing a composition solely for glass vessels - wine glasses, a vacuum flask, test tubes and other laboratory containers....
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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...