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* Mark Swenarton , architectural historian and co-founder of journals Architecture Today and EcoTech , has been appointed professor and head of the department of architecture at Oxford Brookes...
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Physicists build up critical mass
A new alliance of top Scots researchers aims to rival world-renowned physics centres, says Olga Wojtas Scottish physicists have banded together to form what they claim to be the largest research...
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High-flyers lured south
Scottish universities face the threat of a brain drain to the south, a Scottish principal has warned, writes Olga Wojtas. English universities, bolstered by the prospect of future income from top-up...
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Parties still reluctant to field female candidates
The major political parties still suffer from "very deep-rooted discriminatory attitudes", with local selection committees reluctant to choose female candidates, according to new research, writes...
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Next week
TERRY PRATCHETT In an original satire by Terry Pratchett, the wizards of the Unseen University face their stiffest test to date - widening participation, research assessment and ethics committees...
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Merger moves ahead
The national executive of lecturers' union Natfhe has formally agreed to recommend a merger with the Association of University Teachers. Delegates to its annual conference later this month will be...
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Female first at Oxford
Oxford University has appointed its first female registrar since the office was established 550 years ago. Julie Maxton follows John Hood, the vice-chancellor, in being headhunted from the University...
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St Andrews film debut
Scotland's oldest university, St Andrews, is establishing a department of film studies. Dina Iordanova, the department's head, said that although academic prejudice against film studies was dwindling...
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Access ambassadors
The Oxford Access Scheme, based at Oxford University, is to encourage 100 children aged 13 and 14 from schools all over the country to be its ambassadors. The scheme, funded by the Sutton Trust, will...
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Edinburgh gets Devine
The director of Aberdeen University's Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, which in January won the largest single grant ever made by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, is taking a post at...
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Middlesex staff give 'hot-desking' a cool response
The culture of hot-desking has arrived in academe as part of a multimillion-pound expansion and refurbishment programme at Middlesex University. However, promises of "state-of-the-art facilities", "...
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Access research data may be flawed
Policies to attract more working- class students into higher education may be based on "flawed" research with incomplete data or suspect methodology, funding chiefs have been told. The interim report...
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Suya chief appeals for aid
Linguists at Manchester University have persuaded an Amazonian chief and two members of his community to make a rare journey outside their homeland. The three representatives of the Brazilian Suya...
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AUT poised to hold review of boycott
The Association of University Teachers this week looked set to announce a special council to reconsider its decision to boycott two Israeli universities after a backlash against the controversial...
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Exeter's largesse is cold comfort for some
Senior academics hit by department closures at Exeter University have won record redundancy payments, but some warn that younger academics are losing out. Exeter broke the news to staff at the end of...