One front not enough: let's fight a total war
Delegates vote for a summer of discontent over pay and pensions. John Morgan reports
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Diverse motions: uncertain ratios and attacks on standing snout-to-snout
A diverse range of motions at the University and College Union congress covered worries over student-to-staff ratios, vice-chancellors standing "snout-to-snout in the trough" against their employees...
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Battle to regain respect is vital
As the new union president takes office, he tells John Morgan about his priorities for the future
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Husband and wife in data duplication papers probe
German university investigates allegations of research misconduct. Paul Jump reports
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New scheme offers hope in the uncertain world of postdoctoral despair
Uncertainty is the status quo for most early career researchers, for whom job security is generally a forlorn hope. But that will change for 50 postdoctoral researchers being sought by the University...
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Manchester Met rejects exam-standards criticism
Manchester Metropolitan University has said that it will "take all means to defend itself" over allegations of low standards on an exam after appearing to agree with a student that the test was "very...
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Marketing can benefit from a touch of all that jazz
Academic and musician stresses the need for improvisation and fun. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in brief
Business engagementSpin-offs up by a quarterThe number of spin-off companies set up by universities rose by a quarter in 2009-10, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The HE Business...
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News in brief
United StatesRhoades trails back to ArizonaThe highest-paid executive at the American Association of University Professors is to leave his post and return to his old job at the University of Arizona...
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Battered but unbowed, L'Aquila abides
Devastating earthquake has not dimmed university spirit, says rector. Diana Garrisi reports
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Minister: rankings helped inspire French reforms
Sweeping reforms of French higher education were prompted in part by its performance in world university rankings, the country's higher education minister has suggested.
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Quality street blues
Roger Brown offers a dystopian vision of university closures, cheap, unregulated for-profits and declining standards
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What a rip-off! US-style fees will undermine value for money here
Forget what the global rankings say: Europe is a worthier model for the UK as students there get a far better deal, argues Anthony Glees
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Let variety flourish
Julian Beer and colleagues warn that the U-Multirank ranking system lacks flexibility and will not reflect institutions' missions
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