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HBOS and London Met: case studies in poor governance
Universities must ensure that governing bodies are fit to do their part to prevent crises, Michael Shattock says
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Alan Harrison, 1944-2012
A successful industrialist who went on to become an academic expert on operations management has died.Alan Harrison was born in Oxfordshire on 25 November 1944 and educated at Abingdon School before...
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Hollywood and Hitler 1933-1939 by Thomas Doherty
Philip Kemp on how the American film industry reacted variously to the rise of fascism in Germany
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Fascism out of focus
Philip Kemp on how the US movie industry mostly ignored the rise of Fascism in Germany
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Lecturer with MS takes Surrey to industrial tribunal
A disabled lecturer whose current contract was more than halved two years after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis has taken his university to an industrial tribunal. George Mowat-Brown, 51, a...
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The REF: how was it for you?
Research heads and other university staff on the burdens of submitting to the inaugural research excellence framework
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The richly creative will repay support, says CIHE head
A strategy to link research with media and digital industries is crucial, Elizabeth Gibney hears
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Warwick's industry turns profit from academic expertise
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links The University of Warwick is...
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Stubbornly indifferent
The government’s immigration policy harms student traffic from abroad and the economy, claims Shabana Mahmood
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Awards and promotions
University of WestminsterRoland DannreutherRoland Dannreuther, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Westminster, said he felt an equal mixture of “excitement and...
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Appointments - 12 September 2013
University of WestminsterRoland DannreutherRoland Dannreuther, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Westminster, said he felt an equal mixture of “excitement and...
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UCU uncovers high price of failure to hit REF targets
Poll respondents threatened with redundancy for non-submission
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Drugs for Life: How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health
Sergio Sismondo on a critical exploration of a new, lucrative model for public well-being
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This is not the end, my friends
Faithful concertgoers prove age has not withered rock's maternal flame, Matthew Reisz hears