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Northampton. Chris Moore, the new dean of social sciences at Northampton University, wants to give more back to the region. Professor Moore, a former social worker who joins from Sheffield Hallam...
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Queen's sets out lofty ambitions with 23 posts
Queen's University Belfast, the newest member of the Russell Group of research-led universities, announced 23 new academic posts in a broad range of subjects this week. The university wants to...
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Today's news
Fees cause fall in university applications The number of university applications dropped by almost 16,000 this year following the introduction of £3,000-a-year tuition fees. Student leaders said the...
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Laurie Taylor Column
Regulations that came into force last October mean that academics can now apply to work beyond the age of 65. Would you choose to work on after the normal retirement age? The Times Higher interviewed...
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Alan Ryan
This is a season that tries the spirit. It's not just the inescapability of seasonal affective disorder, though how anyone in latitudes north of Watford survives the lightlessness of January and...
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Leader: Vocational myth and hard reality
Parity of esteem between academic and vocational courses is one of the recurring obsessions of English education. The feeling is less pronounced in Scotland, where the two traditions are more closely...
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Leader: Help is vital to hit target
The new brief for the Higher Education Funding Council for England is surprisingly precise about the areas in which the Government would wish to see expansion. Workplace learning - last year's...
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UCU on Israel: not in our names
The University and College Union's response to the all-party parliamentary report on anti-Semitism - our new union's first pronouncement on this matter - is evasive, disingenuous and complacent.J In...
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Jamboree invite lost
Tim Birkhead again provides witty and insightful comments on how the corporate culture is destroying universities (Working Knowledge, January 12). Of particular resonance is his criticism of the use...
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Audit concerns
The startling tabloid headline above the article about the Quality Assurance Agency's institutional audit of York St John University is seriously misleading ("QAA queries leadership at York St John...
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Interdisciplinary read
We are reassured that The Times Higher has not abandoned its policy of commissioning reviews of books in the field of media and cultural studies from reviewers who have absolutely no understanding of...
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True cost of mergers
Adrian Monck argues (Opinion, December 22/29) that, like companies, universities should be subject to mergers and acquisitions to become more efficient and customer-focused. Unfortunately, he is...
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Market not a factor
Whatever the benefits and risks of transferring funding for initial education in nursing to the Higher Education Funding Council for England, it is not the case that in medicine the market decides ("...
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Wrinklies' lead ceiling
I sympathise with the (unnamed) senior lecturer who wants to have the option of working beyond 65 on account of the fact that she did not start her first full-time appointment until she was 36 ("...
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Time to learn lessons
Sally Hunt's statements about the pay dispute continue to miss the point ("Hustings brings out anger over pay dispute", January 12). It is a shame that she is unwilling to learn any lessons about the...