Lifeline for workers in a fix?
Researchers in particular will welcome the European directive on fixed-term work. But the bad news is that its impact may be mixed, says David Watson The 60,000 or so academic staff employed on fixed...
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'Managers gain at staff's cost'
Not everyone welcomes the unification of new and old universities under one negotiating body, says Elaine Carlton This year's punishing pay dispute in the university sector ended in June with a...
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Makerere to decide on Gaddafi award The senate of Uganda’s Makerere University is to decide later this month on a proposal to award an honorary law degree to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan...
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PCC warns over prince's privacy The Press Complaints Commission was today issuing a reminder to the media over Prince William’s privacy rights at university. He will be drawing the cameras...
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From today's UK papers
The Independent The multimillionaire economist Gavyn Davies was confirmed yesterday as the new chairman of the BBC, and agreed to resign his membership of the Labour Party amid Tory claims of...
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Ucas predicts record university entrant numbers Numbers of applicants accepted by universities look set to break all records this year with the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Private companies bidding to run public services may have to eliminate pay differences between men and women under proposals published by a government inquiry. Sweden is the world's...
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From today's UK papers
The Independent Forget about pony-tailed dotcom high rollers or City traders with bank accounts swelled by fat bonuses, the typical super-rich Briton is grey-haired, male and likely to qualify for a...
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£1m fund for academic aid to business A £1 million “brains for business” fund was launched by the government today to encourage academics to help firms tackle technical and research problems. Experts...
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Holloway chief leaves for Liverpool Drummond Bone, principal of Royal Holloway, University of London, is to be vice-chancellor of Liverpool University from September 2002. Philip Love, the current...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Waikato Management School in New Zealand has joined forces with a software venture to launch spin-off businesses. The London Business School and Columbia Business School are extending...
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Wyoming athletes in fatal crash Eight athletes from the University of Wyoming died yesterday when their vehicle collided head-on with a pickup truck near Laramie. Working students on increase in Oz...
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Research Centres, Groups and Priority Networks
Deadline: 22/10/2001
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Where were you...?
Dorothy S. Zinberg, THES columnist, writes direct from Harvard University Some ten hours after I witnessed the devastation of the World Trade Center on television, moving mechanically from one...
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For the record
Business studies top of the pops Business and management studies is the most popular subject at degree level for full-time students starting this autumn, according to data from the Universities and...