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AUT decries stealth introduction of PRP The Association of University Teachers has vowed to fight the back-door introduction of performance-related pay amid concerns that national pay bargaining...
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News V-c money: exclusive THES league table of vice-chancellors' pay. Features Tim Birkhead and David Buss assess the science behind that St. Valentine Plus : Fred Inglis examines the legacy of...
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NHSU chief outlines future vision
The National Health Service University may eventually provide courses for patients as well as staff, the incoming chief executive Bob Fryer said this week. "In a patient-centred NHS, courses for...
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Screws get on with cons in TV experiment
The BBC's follow-up to the notorious Stanford prison experiment ended early with fraternisation between guards and inmates rather than the disturbing violence of the original research. There had been...
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Vulnerable may get extra cash
The government's review of undergraduate support may recommend means-tested, non-repayable grants and fee waivers for part-time, mature and disabled students. The review is expected to conclude that...
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Access chill sets in for DFES
The education department's top civil servant has admitted that the government has "a mountain to climb" to reach its 50 per cent participation target and has warned that it will be "even more...
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Foreign audits under threat
Staff shortages may force the Quality Assurance Agency to stop auditing overseas operations, a move that could undermine Britain in the global higher education market. Acting QAA chief executive...
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Should Goma be moved wholesale?
Scientists are considering an innovative assessment of the hazards posed by Mount Nyiragongo, the Congolese volcano that has devastated the regional capital of Goma. Expert opinion may determine the...
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AUT rep summons visitor to thrifty Birmingham
The leader of Birmingham University's academics' union has petitioned the visitor to determine whether new vice-chancellor Michael Sterling has set up a redundancy committee illegally. William...
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Debt grows ever bigger and even more painful
A survey of students shows no overwhelming desire for change in the support system, even though many find it a constant struggle to manage finances as debt rises higher. Claire Sanders reports....
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Centre named after Iris
A leading dementia expert has praised the film Iris for "raising the level of debate and discussion" about the disease. The film, about the life of academic philosopher and novelist Dame Iris Murdoch...
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Teesside to tackle crime in Lithuania
The University of Teesside is to begin a drive to help the authorities in a former Soviet republic crackdown on corruption. The £1.2 million project in the Baltic republic of Lithuania is part of a...
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UK told to get EU focus
British researchers have been warned that they must forge collaborations with institutions in Europe if they want to compete with the best in the world. John Lawton, head of the Natural Environment...
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Whistleblowers: Universities set to adopt ombudsman system
'Funding and goodwill have run out at UCL and Dr Link's laboratory mice are facing destruction, setting her research back years' Universities are facing historic constitutional reform to pave the way...
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AUT condemns UCL in row over research post
Members of the Association of University Teachers have condemned University College London for its treatment of Eva Link, an internationally renowned cancer researcher whose life work may collapse...