Pension outsiders
Eminent doctors and infectious disease experts have, rightly and courageously, taken the lead in the efforts to deal with the Ebola outbreak. Imagine if vice-chancellors or employers’ human resources...
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Rising above the crowd
Source: GettyPreserving the dignity of office“I’m pleased to say that our own vice-chancellor esteems his office far too highly to allow it to be diminished by involvement in any such demeaning...
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The week in higher education - 15 January 2015
Vice-chancellors are sometimes accused of being absent from public debates, so it may have surprised some when three of them popped up on Radio 4 in one morning. First up on the Today programme on 9...
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Tribunal of sacked swimming pool ‘bust-up’ Salford leader settled
University settles Adrian Graves’ employment tribunal claim after vice-chancellor leaves
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Graduates’ salary premium
People of working age with a master’s or PhD earn on average £9,000 a year more than those with only a bachelor’s degree, according to data from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Senior leadership teams should include fundraising professionals
Incoming Case president Sue Cunningham says that move would herald ‘real engagement’ and help to drive success
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Come shine at the Diamond Light Source
The UK synchrotron seeks more university groups to set up second homes at the site to create a genuine research campus
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Row between ‘forced exit’ scholar and NTU reignites
Nanyang Technological University president’s claim that tenure dispute was ‘not political’ contested by ex-faculty member Cherian George
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University idols overrun Platonic ideals in China
Institutions are using pictures of glamorous students to tart up their marketing, but not everyone approves of the trend, says Hong Bing
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Scots rush to offer shorter degree courses
Three-year programmes challenge the supremacy of Scotland’s ‘gold standard’
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How to move up from a researcher post to lecturer
Report advises young academics to foster personal and research independence to advance their careers. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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The BBC: news at sixes and sevens
Fictional journalists show more principle than their BBC counterparts, says Sally Feldman
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Mary Evans, Stephen Halliday, Jane O’Grady, A. W. Purdue and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister, by Graham McCann
Fred Inglis finds much to savour in a shrewd and affectionate study of a cherished satirical sitcom