HEA cuts threaten future of subject centres
Fears grow for teaching development as budget reductions are confirmed, Rebecca Attwood writes
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Decades of work at risk, just when we need it most
Graham Gibbs discusses the implications of cuts for UK pedagogy and teaching development
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Scholar vs scholar: libel case's 'disturbing implications' for free speech
The editor of a leading international law journal is to stand trial in a French court after he refused to pull an academic book review to which the author took exception.Joseph Weiler, editor-in-...
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Stardom and the spirit of the age
A peer-reviewed academic journal is turning the spotlight on celebrity culture. Zoë Corbyn reports
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In a hard world, it pays to be flexible, say funding chiefs
Report asks whether sector-wide arrangements are 'enablers or barriers'. Melanie Newman writes
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Warwick peer puts £1 million where his mouth is
A professor has made a £1 million donation to his university - and wants other academics to follow his lead by giving to their employers.Lord Bhattacharyya, director and founder of the WMG unit at...
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Part-time 'juggling act' no panacea for the future
Hepi boss warns that combining study and work is beset with difficulties. Rebecca Attwood reports
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THE World University Rankings
Magazines that compile league tables have an interest in instability - playing around with their methodologies to ensure rankings remain newsworthy.This was the argument made by Alice Gast, president...
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Daytime TV: Dirty denouement
EastEnders offered long-awaited revelations, but not everyone could handle the truth, writes Gary Day
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History round-up
A Short History of ParliamentAuthor: Clyve JonesEdition: FirstPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPages: 400Price: £75.00ISBN 9781843835035Jones offers an institutional history covering the English...
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Most cited papers in sociology
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-October 2009
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Do-si-do
"We welcome anything that helps bring staff closer together." That was the positive response of our Corporate Director of Human Resources, Louise Bimpson, to calls made at the recent Leadership...
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I feel like a marked man
Undergraduate examinations drive Tim Birkhead to the therapist's couch
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Research intelligence: An ocean of opportunity
Nerc aims to bolster British marine science by creating a National Oceanography Centre. Rose Wilkinson writes
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