Big three boast most RAE judges
Redbrick institutions dominate the 2008 review panels. Anthea Lipsett reports. Manchester has joined Oxford and Cambridge as the universities with the most judges for the next research assessment...
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Industry members add 'unique blend of experience'
The academic community's fear that panel members from industry will place too much emphasis on applied research is unfounded, according to Barry Furr, chief scientist at AstraZeneca, writes Anthea...
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Theory of the killer-instinct in our genes dismissed as 'bullshit'
We are all hardwired to murder, and any one of us could kill if the circumstances were right, a US scientist has claimed. In a book due to be published later this month, evolutionary psychologist...
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Blue planet In her first UK newspaper article, feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon reveals how the advance of pornography is poisoning our world.
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Former fee sceptic gets top job in rejig
Bill Rammell - former tuition fees sceptic, former student union official and now holder of one of Labour's most marginal parliamentary seats - has been appointed Higher Education Minister in Tony...
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Truly inspirational?
What does the boss from hell of a paper merchants in Slough have to do with the new Higher Education Minister, Bill Rammell?, writes Paul Hill. Before Mr Rammell became honourable member for Harlow,...
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Early move to lift cap on top-ups looks unlikely as Labour rebels return to Commons in force
An early move by Downing Street to lift the cap on tuition fees looked politically impossible this week as enough Labour rebels were returned to Parliament to ensure defeat for the Government if it...
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Campus vote packs punch in marginals
The campus vote tipped the balance in five out of ten marginal seats identified by The Times Higher as being vulnerable to a swing in academics' and students' allegiance, writes Paul Hill. The...
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Natfhe tackles rise of racism
Lecturers' union Natfhe is expected to condemn the rise of anti-Semitism across UK university campuses at its annual conference later this month, writes Phil Baty. The move comes as the Association...
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Haifa threatens AUT with legal action
The Association of University Teachers has been threatened with legal action over its move to boycott Haifa University, writes Phil Baty. Solicitors Mishcon de Reya, acting for Haifa University, said...
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5% pay offer is 'asking for a fight'
All six campus trade unions united this week to reject a 5 per cent pay rise over two years. Lecturers' union Natfhe and the Association of University Teachers said the offer, which covers 2005-06...
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Pizzagate dogs poll
Graham Upton, vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, has questioned a student vote of no confidence in him over the switch from three terms to two semesters. Student leaders say the vote...
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Only the boys boot up
Computer gaming has long been seen as a blokey pastime, but Derby University was surprised that not one of 106 applicants to its BSc in computer games programming was female. It hopes to encourage...
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Wallace to quit
Jim Wallace, Scotland's Lifelong Learning Minister and Deputy First Minister in the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition, has announced his resignation.
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Top-up addendum
Two institutions were excluded in error from last week's survey of university income and bursaries for 2006 onwards. Edge Hill College believes that it will raise £2.88 million from higher tuition...