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Exclusions from RAE see steep rise
More staff rejected as institutions focus on quest for quality ratings. Zoë Corbyn reports. Dramatic increases in the proportion of academics excluded from the research assessment exercise were...
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Ucea issues guidance for v-cs seeking to quit national pay
The university employers' body is to issue formal guidance to support vice-chancellors if they decide to pull out of national pay bargaining, writes Melanie Newman. The University and Colleges...
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'Sport focuses on achievement and develops people's team-based skills'
The head of the new UK Universities Sport plans to boost participation and encourage outreach work. Ed Smith, head of the newly created UK Universities Sport, has a clear idea about how higher...
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On the move ..
Former BBC home and legal affairs correspondent Jon Silverman has joined Bedfordshire University as professor of media and criminal justice. Also joining Bedfordshire is Andrew Slade , formerly of...
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Right to speak is threatened
Melanie Newman reports from the Battle of Ideas on the alleged 'castration' of academic freedom. Academics came under attack for failing to defend their right to freedom of speech and academic...
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Tories: students need greater transparency
A Conservative government would hold universities to account by publishing student dropout rates, staff contact hours and class sizes instead of relying on "clumsy monitoring institutions" such as...
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Diplomas finally get a thumbs up
Universities lay down provisos for approval of potential A-level replacement. Rebecca Attwood reports. Universities across the sector this week began to signal their intention to accept the...
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Call to collaborate with Africa
Urgent work is needed to improve collaboration between UK and African academics, the British Academy has warned. A study by the Association of Commonwealth Universities for the British Academy said...
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Too clever by half
A third of graduates believe they are overqualified for the job they are in, according to research from Kent University. The report is based on interviews with 7,800 workers, including graduates who...
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IPODs pay for the old
Graduates will be paying about half their salaries to the Government within five years of their leaving university, according to a report by the free-market think-tank Reform on the financial burden...
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Scots in the money
Paisley University's Ayr campus and Glasgow School of Art are to receive extra funding for building projects as part of a £100 million capital spending package for universities and colleges announced...