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APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS Research Councils Science and innovation minister, Lord Sainsbury, announced appointments to the councils as follows: Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research...
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Next week
News The importance of image. Features One hundred years of Nobel: we look back at a century of Nobel prizes and analyse what it takes to become a laureate. Books Brendan O'Leary admires Amnesty...
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Clinical chairs staying empty
More than one in seven clinical chairs is empty, the Council of Heads of Medical Schools' first comprehensive survey of medical school vacancies has shown. Michael Powell, executive secretary of the...
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Cambridge officers under fire for Capsa fiasco
Two of Cambridge University's most senior managers should be sacked unless they can explain their role in the disastrous implementation of a £9 million financial system, the university's internal...
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Investing in success puts elites in red
Elite research universities are operating at a loss and will suffer worse shortfalls if cash they were expecting from the research assessment exercise fails to materialise next year. Many of the...
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For the record
Sally Hunt set to be next AUT secretary Sally Hunt is set to be the next general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, after winning the backing of the union's executive committee as...
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AS-level failures add up to disaster
Up to 60 university departments that rely on students with maths A levels could be closed because of a huge drop in applications. Early indications are that 20 per cent fewer students will sit A-...
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Alexander's key to success
Wendy Alexander, Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister, has emphasised that the country's economic success depends on close links between industry and tertiary education. Her address...
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Newby urges care in recruiting
Further education colleges have been warned by higher education funding chiefs to be careful not to recruit underqualified or poorly prepared higher education students in their efforts to widen...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago in The THES... Valerie Atkinson argued that non-academic staff are not properly valued. The existence of separate salary scales for secretarial/clerical staff, administrative staff and...
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Cutting edge: Andrew Abbott
European Union legislation and the environmental lobby are forcing industry to put process cleanliness at the forefront of its considerations. The University of Leicester has a strong background in "...
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When experts cost, enthusiasts count
Some academics think amateurs undermine research, but they are the lifeblood of many a field study. Caroline Davis reports. Enthusiastic amateurs have always played a central role in science, from...
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Frog is a friend in search for cure
Geoff Watts reports on the Ulster academic who is 'milking' frogs in his search for a new generation of drugs. In recent years we have witnessed a succession of adventurous academic scientists...
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'Quadruple funds to attract poor'
The government must pay universities more to recruit and retain poor students if it is to reach its 50 per cent participation target by 2010, according to a new report, writes Alan Thomson. The...