Get back to your technological roots, Jisc urged
Poor leadership, a dearth of technological skills and restrictions on funding have been identified as key threats to progress in the academy.The challenges were flagged up in a poll of delegates at...
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Students debate plan for league table of their own
NUS conference to consider ranking focused on 'bread-and-butter' issues. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Sheffield was 'reasonable' in telling researcher to pull conference paper
Radiologist lacked permission from manager or funder to submit her findings. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Ucea's handy guides to the testing times ahead
For senior university managers worried about "implementing workforce change and handling redundancies", "managing challenging industrial relations and disputes" or "negotiating change in a...
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Peer review by ballot box: scholars hit the hustings
Academics are among the thousands of candidates hoping to win a seat in the House of Commons this May. Melanie Newman spoke to would-be MPs from each of the three main political parties about why...
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Liverpool £13.2m in deficit despite forecasting a profit
Low research income and redundancy costs are to blame, accounts reveal. Melanie Newman reports
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Cumbria admits 'unacceptable' financial results
The University of Cumbria ended the past financial year with a deficit of more than £13 million and expects to incur a large deficit again this year.Cumbria admitted that its financial performance...
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Daytime TV: Fatal distraction
Gary Day finds Bettany Hughes such gripping viewing that he now needs a new bathroom
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Putting the 'bus' into business
Our university has thrown itself behind the recent call for all postgraduates to go beyond their narrow areas of study.Janet Fluellen, our Commissar for Curriculum Development, has announced that she...
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On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science
Personal testimony and anecdote enliven a text on a vital subject, writes Michael Farthing
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Different type of problem
Using computers in exams would not make things fairer, says Tim Birkhead
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Research intelligence: Getting more 'D' out of R&D
Labour plans a series of innovation centres to exploit the commercial benefits of UK research. Hannah Fearn reports
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Leader: Don't cut short a new lease of life
As London Met cleans itself up, it deserves to be given another chance to succeed - for that is what it affords its students
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From where I sit: Don't assume one (US) size fits all
As developing countries build their higher education sectors, many see the "US-style university" as the desired model. This typically means an institution that combines teaching at most or all...