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Deadline: 12/04/2007
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Does your boss need a spell in prison?
If you have ever thought your vice-chancellor could benefit from a stint behind bars, it just could be about to happen. In a development programme launched by the Leadership Foundation for Higher...
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'My job is to explain the findings and how they'll influence people's lives'
Dorothy Crawford aims to use her new role at Edinburgh to raise public understanding of key medical discoveries Edinburgh University, which has one of the UK's oldest medical schools, has hundreds of...
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On the move...
* Leeds University has appointed: David Cameron , former lecturer at Edinburgh University, director of the National Cancer Research Network and chair of medical oncology; Catherine Karkov , formerly...
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Clinton enters degree dispute
US postgraduate takes lengthy grievance against LBS to the highest levels. Faisal al Yafai reports It started as a routine, if not typical, student complaint: postgraduate Lawrence McCann was unhappy...
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Holocaust experts slam inaction on flawed thesis by Birmingham
Two renowned Holocaust scholars have rounded on Birmingham University for its decision to stand by a "flawed" PhD thesis that argues that a prominent survivor of Hitler's death camps could have been...
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Musical detective and case of the ode
Fans of Henry Purcell, one of the greatest British composers, may be shocked to learn that much of one of his best-loved works was written by someone else. Detective work by Rebecca Herissone, a...
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Next week
Why did the historian cross the road? Joe Moran stands up for the value of studying quotidian acts such as road crossing and bus queues. Plus The prophet of democracy: the life of Alexis de...
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Overtime hours drop
Teachers and lecturers are doing less unpaid overtime than in the past but still do the highest amount of extra work of any profession. According to the Trades Union Congress, teachers and lecturers...
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Dundee boosts income
Dundee University this week confirmed survival plans to secure an additional £6.85 million income over the next three years, to return to financial surplus, through a series of job cuts and new...
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Northern media project
A new consortium of 15 universities has formed to exploit the benefits of the BBC's planned move to Salford. The universities, led by Salford University, have been given £500,000 by the three...
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Private campus plan
University and College Union leaders have condemned plans for a private university in Northern Ireland. Griffith College Dublin this week unveiled its plans to open a 5,000-student Belfast campus...
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Musical chairs
Trinity Laban, the UK's first Conservatoire of Music and Dance, announced the appointment of Derek Aviss and Anthony Bowne as principals this week. Mr Aviss was formerly deputy principal and latterly...
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£4.5m Cetl herds best in vet teaching
Cutting-edge techniques will help to revolutionise veterinary medical training at the Live Centre. Olga Wojtas reports. A £4.5 million veterinary education centre is set to transform how vets of the...