V-c job with 6,000 on selection panel
Ask most independent-minded academics what they think of the people who manage them and you are likely to get a long and often forthright answer. But human resource chiefs at Birmingham University...
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'The snake started moving. it gave me a big shock but we had to catch it'
A close encounter with a killer python in Florida has not deterred St Andrews PhD student Joanne Potts. As a young researcher, Joanne Potts had an early introduction to the rigours of fieldwork by...
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On the move...
* David Shemmings has been appointed as Kent University's first chair in social work. Currently head of social work research at Middlesex University, Professor Shemmings will lead the social work...
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Cheats: chaos in sanctions
Staff are confused by wide range of penalties - from £100 fines to outright expulsion - available for use against plagiarists. Rebecca Attwood reports. Concerns that many staff face vague policies on...
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Growing student consumerism is inevitable, says NUS
Students should expect to have full "consumer rights" if universities and the Government continue to treat them as customers, university heads were told this week, writes Rebecca Attwood. Wes...
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Leader award a boost
Winning the Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development Award in 2006 has helped Newcastle University enhance its position as one of the leaders in the field of management development and...
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Next week
Brain Training supplement How universities are bridging the skills gap Plus Cyborg soldiers: the ethics of neuroscience in the war zone
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Israel critic voted out
American academic Norman Finkelstein has lost his battle for a lifelong post at DePaul University after a fierce row over his views on Israel. The decision was made in a vote of four to three of the...
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Scottish funding move
Scotland's education secretary Fiona Hyslop was this week expected to honour the Scottish National Party's manifesto pledge to axe the £2,000 graduate endowment scheme. The scheme was introduced by...
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Students must connect
Students unions must forge better links with the wider community amid concerns about anti-social behaviour, the National Union of Students said this week. In its report Students in the Community:...
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Demographic research
Amid warnings that demographic change will lead to a shortage of students for universities, Universities UK has commissioned a major new research project on the sector's future size and shape. Sir...
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UCLan goes nuclear
The University of Central Lancashire has formally opened the Tyndall Centre for Nuclear Research. The Centre will be the first of its kind in the UK offering both consultancy and research, but also...
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Boycott opponents gain momentum
Olga Wojtas and Jon Marcus (inset) report on global backlash to UCU motion as union prepares to consult wider membership. Opposition to the threatened boycott of Israeli universities gained momentum...
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Plea to save arts data service
Academics have described a decision to cut funding to a valued service for the arts and humanities as a "scandal". More than 800 people have put their name to a petition on the 10 Downing Street...
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Language firm offers new terms
A private sector company that has controversially taken over language centres at several universities has responded to a key criticism against it by suggesting that university staff could remain on...