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Paul Wellings , vice-chancellor of Lancaster University; Dianne Willcocks , principal of York St John University; and Alastair Balls , chief executive of the International Centre for Life, have been...
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Congrats! She's a chip off the old block
Expectant mothers may long to be like Noelle, Sheffield Hallam University's new robot, who can give birth at "warp speed". Noelle, who is thought to be the first training tool of her kind in higher...
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Tories: £2bn access drive is a 'failure'
The Government's costly drive to encourage poor pupils to go to university has run aground. Claire Sanders reports The Conservatives are calling for a complete rethink on widening participation after...
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'Community of scholars' crumbling
The "community of scholars" in higher education is under threat because changes imposed by policy-makers and university managers have left academics with an identity crisis, researchers argued this...
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LJMU broke guidelines with 'beyond modest'gifts
Liverpool John Moores University broke anti-fraud guidelines when senior staff accepted expensive gifts and hospitality from major suppliers. Documents released to The Times Higher under the Freedom...
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Next week
SPEAKING OUT The Times Higher publishes the results of its surveys on academic freedom PLUS Cary Cooper peeks into the digital environment of Second Life and sees a reflection of the realities of...
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Arts academics slate metrics
Learned societies warn that losing peer review will affect confidence in the AHRC, reports Anthea Lipsett The Arts and Humanities Research Council is in serious danger of losing the confidence of the...
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Tutors told: make students priority
Academics at the University of the Arts London were told to improve their treatment of students after an internal review revealed concerns about learning and teaching across its constituent colleges...
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Rethink mooted on PhD funding
Universities stand to gain greater autonomy over studentships under radical plans being drawn up by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, writes Anthea Lipsett. The AHRC wants to change the way...
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Will the face at the top ever really change?
Think of the profile of your average vice-chancellor and the words 'Oxbridge', 'scientist' and 'male' may spring to mind but, finds Anna Fazackerley, you'd be only half right The UK vice-chancellors...
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'Allow non-academics to lead,' urges registrar
In today's commercial world, universities must abandon their intellectual snobbery and allow non-academic staff to take over as vice-chancellors, according to a leading registrar, writes Anna...
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Ratings, not cash, is prime incentive
Nine out of ten academics would rather publish their work to boost research ratings than exploit it commercially, according to a survey, writes Letitia Hughes. Law firm Morgan Cole found that 90 per...
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Academics venture to bring in the money
Imperial staff have the best heads for business in UK academe, reports Letitia Hughes Academics at Imperial College London are the most business-minded in the UK, according to a survey in which their...
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UWE goes into partnership with business
Universities that cosy up to big business could find the benefits are mutual, reports Anna Fazackerley Sir Howard Newby, former funding chief, is on a mission to push his university to the top of the...
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Rammell defends hands-off science tack
The Government set itself on a collision course with MPs this week as it rejected key parts of a report on science provision in English universities. Responding to the Commons Science and Technology...