Hesa to report RAE exclusions - if v-cs approve
Vice-chancellors will have the option to make public how many of their research-active academics they have excluded from the 2008 research assessment exercise.Alongside the RAE results, the Higher...
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The isolation of the iPod people
Tara Brabazon is alarmed by people’s growing removal from analogue life, where people are engaged with their mobile screens rather than with each other
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April changes to Sex Discrimination Act
Following last year’s finding by the High Court that UK sex discrimination legislation does not comply with European requirements, regulations aimed at amending the deficiencies have recently been...
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Integrating non-UK colleagues
Sensitivity to cultural differences helps make working with colleagues from overseas an enriching experience.
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Supporting students with dyslexia
Most of the teaching methods that help students with dyslexia are simply matters of good teaching practice, says Katherine Hewlett, director of the AchieveAbility Project, which aims to break down...
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Hot papers in materials science
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 December 2007
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Bath Spa University
• Adam Powell has been appointed to the new post of head of employability. He was formerly manager of artswork at the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in the creative industries, and...
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Aston-University
• Neena Gill, the first female Asian MEP, has agreed to join the Aston Business School advisory board. Ms Gill is currently MEP for the West Midlands. Â
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Aston-University
• Mike West, executive dean of Aston Business School, has been awarded a grant of £470,000 by the Service Delivery and Organisation Programme of the National Institute for Health Research to...
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University-of-York
• The Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (iMBE) has won Yorkshire Forward’s Innovator/08 Knowledge Exploitation Award (supported by Research Councils UK) for successful commercial...
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University of Lancaster
David Brown, director of the Lancaster China Management Centre and professor of strategy and information systems, was presented with the North West of England UKTI Greater China Recognition Award...
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Human Resources 'Fully Resourced'
Another milestone was reached by our university last week with the news that, following the latest round of appointments, there was now one human resources manager available for every member of...
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Shrink from headhunters
Outsiders can never grasp the eccentricities of academe, says Sally Feldman
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Leader: There's no skirting the fees debate
Politicians must end their coyness about tuition charges and face facts - they may be unpopular but they are necessary
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John Woolhouse, 1931-2008
John Woolhouse was an academic who pioneered links between education and industry long before their current vogue.