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Clinical Fellowships
Deadline: 28/01/2008
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Quota Doctoral Training Grant Competition
Deadline: 12/09/2007
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Embrace Leitch or lose out to FE, sector warned
'Skills revolution' poses dilemma for universities, says Tony Tysome The Government this week signalled a cultural revolution in higher education as it unveiled its plans for reskilling the nation....
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Principal rejects 'insincere' apology
A lecturer is set to lose his job because his apology for publicly criticising the principal was judged to be insufficiently sincere. Sam Richards was sacked after 30 years at Dartington College of...
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'My prime reason for coming is the great potential for research'
Ronnie Glud relishes the opportunities of his new role at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. Ronnie Glud is swapping the bright city lights of Copenhagen for rural Scotland to further his...
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On the move...
Miltos Makris , formerly at Bristol University, has been appointed reader in economics at Leicester University. London Metropolitan University has appointed Michael Upton , former head of marketing...
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ESRC 'ignores' danger fears
Revised anti-terrorism project still leaves researchers at risk, critics warn. A £2.5 million Foreign Office-funded research programme is still endangering the lives of researchers working in...
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Union alarm as pre-92s demolish statutes
Academics' historic employment rights are being eroded, The Times Higher has learnt. At Salford University, union leaders are complaining that as part of governance reforms, the university is in the...
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Scots v-cs want £168m boost
Scotland's vice-chancellors are seeking an extra £168 million in the forthcoming spending review amid concerns they will slip behind their English counterparts. Scotland's universities won a record...
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A DECADE OF DEARING What did the 1997 Dearing report do for higher education?
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Take up space, please
The House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee has raised concerns about a skills shortage in the space industry. In its report 2007: A Space Policy , it warned that potential space...
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Boris runs for mayor
Boris Johnson has resigned as Shadow Higher Education Minister after deciding to run for election as mayor of London. A successor was due to be announced by the Conservative Party as The Times Higher...
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Stay-at-home students
Students' social skills and employability are damaged by a growing tendency to study at universities close to home, according to a report from Education Research Services. One in five students opts...
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Degrees desirable
Almost half of people aged 25-45 who do not have degrees wish they did, the pollsters YouGov found in a study for education training company Kaplan. Some 23 per cent of those without degrees said...