Lincoln acts to lift morale of discontented staff
The University of Lincoln is implementing an action plan to improve staff morale after an internal survey revealed that only 49 per cent of respondents felt "valued" by the university.The survey,...
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UCU delegates voice concerns over clampdown on academic freedom
Sponsorship, skills focus and speaking out on extremism top agenda, writes Melanie Newman
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Training gets £200m fillip to plug skills gap
A growing skills gap in key areas of the British economy has prompted the Government to inject an extra £200 million into training.John Denham, the Universities Secretary, announced the investment,...
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The Joy of Science: An Examination of How Scientists Ask and Answer Questions Using the Story of Evolution as a Paradigm
Author R. A. Lockshin. Edition First. Publisher Springer Verlag. Pages 440. Price £54.00. ISBN 9781402060984.
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Right to request flexible working extended
I have heard that the Government proposes to extend the right of employees to request flexible working. What will be the impact of the proposed changes for my institution?
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Another student lands job
Hot on the heels of last week's news that former Poppleton student Jeremy Tiptree (BA Honours Business Studies, 2001) had made it on to the shortlist for appointment as a trainee barista at Caffe...
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Elite institutions' class bias simply reflects 'meritocracy'
Higher IQs mean upper-class domination is 'natural', academic says. Rebecca Attwood reports
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If you don't like your job ..
... try the real world and see just how lucky we academics are, says Tim Birkhead
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Leader: A game of haves and have-nots
Social engineers seem to infest universities but are curiously absent in public schools. How strange
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John Padley, 1943-2008
A registrar who left a job as a speech-writer for Margaret Thatcher to devote his considerable energy and drive to the University of Sheffield has died.John Padley was described by staff as "like a...
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Exploring Genomes: Web-Based Bioinformatics Tutorials
Author Paul Young. Edition Second. Publisher Palgrave Macmillan. Pages 120. Price £12.99. ISBN 9781429201780.
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Biological sciences round-up 1
Drug and Biological Development: From Molecule to Product and Beyond. Editor Ronald P. Evens. Edition First. Publisher Springer. Pages 382. Price £59.00. ISBN 9780387329789Evens discusses product...
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Biological sciences round-up 2
Sensory Evolution on the Threshold: Adaptations in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates. Editors J. G. M. Thewissen and Sirpa Nummela. Edition Second. Publisher California University Press. Pages 358....
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Constituent Structure
Author Andrew Carnie. Edition First. Publisher Oxford University Press. Pages 292. Price £24.99. ISBN 9780199262007.