Claim for unfair dismissal fails
Appeal tribunal rejects case of scholar who quit after exam marks were changed. Melanie Newman writes
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Denham rejects calls to turn QAA into universities' Ofsted
Minister defends agency's work but admits there is room for improvement, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Original features
The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the largest in Wales, is already one of the leading venues for contemporary arts and culture in the UK.This week sees the official opening of a major new project: eight...
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Students force U-turn over cuts to law lectures
Students at the University of Manchester have forced its School of Law into a U-turn over plans to reduce lecture hours.Protesters backed by the University of Manchester Students' Union staged a sit-...
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Few complaints justified, but some are mishandled
OIA sees cases of internal rules being broken but also lots of 'good work'. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Daytime TV: Fighting talk
Gary Day watches Michael Portillo learn about violence, but is baffled by his lack of self-knowledge
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What beliefs are protected under the Religion or Belief Regulations?
The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations were amended in 2007 to prohibit direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of any religion or belief. “...
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Top European institutions in clinical medicine
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998-31 December 2008
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Out of the ordinary
All of us on the editorial team of The Poppletonian are so fascinated by Off Piste, the fortnightly series in Times Higher Education in which academics step outside their area of expertise, that we'...
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The trouble with tables
As they stand, university rankings do not make sense, says Alan Ryan
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Off Piste: Racing demon
The individual aspects of motor racing can be intellectually appreciated, but the sum of the total adds up to a pure, gut-stirring experience that's all about feeling, enthuses Sir Drummond Bone
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Leader: Is that a fist or just a firm hand?
The conventions and traditions of academia make it especially difficult to pinpoint what constitutes bullying behaviour
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From where I sit - Toxic result of corrosion of ethics
The ethics of Chinese scholars have come under intense scrutiny following a recent scandal in the country.In mid-February, 80 people in the city of Guangzhou were poisoned after eating pork that...
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Olivia Harris, 1948-2009
Olivia Harris, a leading anthropologist, has died.She was born on 26 August 1948, grew up in Surrey, was educated in Kent and studied Classics at St Anne's College, Oxford. She then switched to...