Academics fear Continental drift as support shifts to UK for OU students
Maintaining lecturers in Europe 'expensive and inefficient', minutes say. Simon Baker reports
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Radio astronomer unfairly dismissed, tribunal finds
A scientist was forced to leave his job at the University of Manchester after being subjected to a "barrage of shouting and verbal abuse" by a senior professor, a tribunal has ruled.
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Online learningApple, not open, accessTechnology giant Apple has unveiled a "new textbook experience" and free online courses for students - as long as they own Apple products. In a much-hyped...
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Aladdin's IP cave may prove illusory
Scholars considering research future don't put too much hope in spin-offs. Matthew Reisz reports
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Unethical framework
Division, dishonesty and unfairness: David Shaw evaluates the moral health of the REF and finds it sorely wanting
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Be warned, no one will be able to put health training together again
Scholars must join doctors and nurses to stand against the health and social care bill before it dismantles the NHS, Woody Caan says
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Break the supplier chains
Ucas is a monopoly that cares more about protecting universities than helping students, says Steve Edwards. It must be reorganised
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Migrations
British art since 1500 would be a thin offering without the work of immigrant artists. It has made us what we are, says Harry Mount
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Diary
LondonShe Stoops to ConquerCountry gentleman Hardcastle thinks his friend's son, Charles Marlow, would be the perfect match for his daughter Kate until he finds himself mistaken by his prospective...
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The Pick - Golden Spider Silk
Golden Spider SilkVictoria and Albert Museum, London Until 5 JuneThe idea of weaving clothes out of spider silk has long been something of an eccentric fantasy.In 1710, Francois-Xavier Bon de Saint...
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Two 'I's in 'T-E-A-M'
"They'll make our university a laughing stock."That was the reaction of one of our senior administrators to the news that the last two remaining members of our Library staff had entered themselves in...
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Research Intelligence - Renaissance man's word to the wise
UCL's vice-provost urges research-intensives to enlighten as well as inform. Paul Jump reports
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Accurate role models as hard to find as the Holy Grail itself
One professor has had enough of Hollywood's clichéd depictions of faculty, says Jon Marcus
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Off Piste - Long walks to freedom
Jeremy Black extols the physical - and psychological - benefits of a country stroll