Can senior managers be fired just for disagreeing with the boss?
Scott Jaschik writes for InsideHigherEd on a row that has captivated Canadian higher education
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V-cs highlight benefits of EU membership ahead of elections
Open letter from UUK board members points to research funding and mobility as being ‘central’ to success
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Climate researcher rejects claims of “deliberate suppression”
A climate scientist has distanced himself from newspaper suggestions that his paper on global warming was rejected by a journal for political reasons
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University of London 'plans closure' of Institute of English Studies
Proposal prompts resignation of advisory board chair
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NUS chief executive leaves post
The chief executive of the National Union of Students has left the organisation after less than a year in charge
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Student Rights motion from NUS prompts nasty war of words
Claims and counterclaims fly over group that monitors extremist speakers
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Top 100 most influential UK and US universities on Twitter
Most universities in the UK and the US now have a presence on Twitter, but which institutions can claim to be using the micro-blogging social network most effectively?
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Pfizer takeover bid: MPs write to Willetts to sound warnings
A committee of MPs has written to David Willetts over the potential risks to UK science of the proposed takeover of AstraZeneca by US giant Pfizer.
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Nirvana of HE funding is not US and Australia, warns Gunn
Too many policy experts look to the US and Australia as “some higher education funding nirvana”, according to the vice-chancellor who chairs Million+.
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THE podcast: 15 May 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe row between the University and College Union and universities that opted to dock staff pay, a decline in the amount of money pledged by donors to UK universities, this week’s...
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The week in higher education - 15 May 2014
Boasting about an honorary degree is one step up from bragging about a cycling proficiency badge, you might think. But Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P Diddy or just Diddy, enthusiastically trumpeted...
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Pfizer takeover bid raises fear for university-industry links
Academic proposes biomedical public-private partnerships to protect the ‘R&D ecosystem’ from commercial affairs
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Public workforce training under pressure
How are universities dealing with upheavals in the training of key workers, from teachers and nurses to police officers and social workers?
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Bubble bursts on economist’s ‘alternative’ course
Lecturer’s contract not renewed after he set up out-of-hours module to broaden curriculum
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Are students learning partners or litigants with big sticks?
Consumer legislation will provide tools to ‘whack’ universities, Westminster Higher Education Forum hears