Law revamp could hit coffers
The Law Society is proposing a radical reorganisation of legal education that could see the end of popular - and, for universities, highly lucrative - law courses. The future of the obligatory...
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Happy returns for floated spin-off firms
The value of university spin-off companies floated on the stock market has outstripped, in just one year, the Government's entire spend on "knowledge transfer" activities. Companies based on the...
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HEA guest accused of bullying
The UK's new agency for promoting best practice among academics faces potential embarrassment after inviting an ߣߣÊÓƵn academic accused of bullying to speak at its inaugural conference. Craig...
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Natfhe calls PM's wife
Cherie Booth, the Prime Minister's wife, may be dragged into an escalating industrial dispute at Liverpool John Moores University. The LJMU branch of lecturers' union Natfhe last week unanimously...
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£5,000 scholarships
Manchester University this week unveiled plans to offer scholarships worth up to £5,000 a year to well-qualified students from low-income families applying next year for degree course places. The...
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Cumbria plan advances
The creation of Cumbria University came a step closer this week with the appointment of Sir Martin Harris, the director of the Office for Fair Access, to oversee the next stage of development. Sir...
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Scottish science cash
Scotland has won a 5 per cent increase in cash awarded under the Science Research Investment Fund, amounting to £103 million, or 12.2 per cent of the available UK money. Edinburgh University has won...
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Tait shortlist revealed
Edinburgh University has announced the shortlist for the James Tait Memorial Prize. The shortlisted novels are Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell; Pschoraag by Suhayl Saadi; GB84 by David Peace; Havoc in...
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Contract research: it's a sure way to wreck your marriage
* Katherine Lee , not her real name, is a researcher in cell and molecular biology. She worked for free for a year to get back into research after a career break. "I had a PhD and a lot of teaching...
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Shoved 'out in the cold'
When fixed-term contracts end, many academics are forced to work for free publishing papers to get back on the career ladder. Claire Sanders reports Two researchers who ended up working full time in...
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Scholars threaten to boycott badly run journals
Young philosophers have threatened to boycott certain academic journals, some of which take three years to respond to papers submitted, in a protest against bad practice. In a development that could...
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Research board halts 'top-ten' list amid protest
The Arts and Humanities Research Board has postponed plans to compile "top-ten" lists of the best academic journals as a way of measuring the sector's research performance, in the face of mass...
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FE delays may yield cut-price degrees
Students could get a cut-price degree by following a university-validated course at a further education college, it was claimed this week. Sir Martin Harris, director of the Office for Fair Access,...
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Holding steady v increasing income
Although Farnborough College has 1,100 higher education students and offers a wide range of degree, foundation degree and even masters courses, it has decided not to submit an access agreement and...
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Cambridge gets biggest Hefce grant
Cambridge University has emerged as the biggest winner in a £1.4 billion capital funding handout announced this week by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The allocations will help...