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After working at Wigan Athletic Football Club, Heinz and British Airways, Colin Grethè has joined the University of Abertay Dundee as its head of human resources. He lists his interests as travel,...
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Academics take off for scholastic nirvana
Retreats allow scholars to rediscover the joys of writing. Rebecca Attwood reports.
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Creative writing exercises
Jess Moriarty, senior lecturer in the School of Language, Literature and Communication at the University of Brighton, uses creative writing exercises to help lecturers develop and become more...
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Coventry expels tuition fee defaulters
Coventry University expelled 445 undergraduates - 3 per cent of its total enrolment - for failing to pay their fees in the past academic year.In addition, about 11 per cent of students are blocked...
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Thirty minutes to evaluate 10,000 words
A proposed marking model has angered some academics. Rebecca Attwood writes.
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Reviewers get more say on grants despite fears of insufficient training
But revised system prompts concern over lack of specialist scrutiny. Melanie Newman reports.
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10,500 sign petition to reverse cuts to science
Academics say research will suffer as fear of job cuts and privatisation grows. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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Researchers raise questions over validity of REF citations criteria
Omission of papers listed in subject databases worries some academics, writes Zoe Corbyn.
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University of Leicester: Snap out of negative behaviour
A novel approach to improving staff welfare - hypnosis - is being offered by the University of Leicester. The local Staff Counselling and Welfare Service has invited a hypnotherapist to address...
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University of Hull: The relative value of a day out
Families feel an increasing need to participate in "highly visible" public activities such as group days out to show unity, a conference will hear next week. Displaying Families will look at how...
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Queen Mary, University of London: Small matters get a closer look
A new multimillion-pound microscope unit was launched this week by Queen Mary, University of London. The university said that the NanoVision Centre "brings together the latest imaging technologies to...
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Imperial College London: Malaria parasites are persistent
Even mosquitoes with drastically reduced numbers of malaria parasites inside them are capable of infecting people, according to a new study. Researchers previously thought that reducing the number of...
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University of Cambridge: Drug labels lead to wrong doses
Doctors treating life-threatening emergencies may be giving incorrect adrenaline doses because of confusing labelling, a University of Cambridge study has found. In a test using mannequins, 12 of 14...