Wales' pink dragon
Cardiff has claimed the crown as Wales' number one pink university, writes Jessica Shepherd. The university is so eager to discuss sexual orientation in the workplace that it has become the first...
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List of research fraud grows as MIT star is fired for faking data
A high-flying US associate professor has been fired for making up data in a published scientific paper, grant applications and manuscripts. Luk Van Parijs, a biologist at the prestigious...
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Next week
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Action on extremists
Academics will be given guidelines next week about how to deal with extremism in the seminar room and on campus. On Monday, Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals will publish...
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It's good to talk
The Government has called on the Higher Education Funding Council for England to encourage more bottom-up innovative approaches to finding solutions to vulnerable strategic subjects. In a letter to...
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Creative thinking
Glamorgan University is to build a £35 million campus in Cardiff to benefit from the city's culture and arts scene. The campus will house a new School of Creative and Cultural Industries...
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Mural mix-up
Incorrect details about two murals at the University of Wales, Bangor, appeared in last week's Times Higher . Walking in Rome was painted in 1999 by Catrin Webster, the other mural, Hall of Illusions...
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Plymouth centre
Plymouth University's geography subject centre mentioned in the October 21 edition of The Times Higher is in fact the Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
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Scholar bites back at Stasi 'innuendo'
An expert on the former East Germany has published an angry rebuttal of claims that he assisted the Communist state's secret police in the 1980s, when he was a peace activist publicly supporting...
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MP quits committee to launch think-tank
Labour MP Ian Gibson has resigned from the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee and is setting up a rival group, The Times Higher can reveal. The rebel MP, who was renowned for...
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Union accuses v-c of mass bullying
Leeds Metropolitan University vice-chancellor Simon Lee was accused this week of mass bullying and of threatening to sack staff who do not attend next year's "staff development festival". A document...
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Soas to review library layoffs
The School of Oriental and African Studies is to review its decision to sack two prominent librarians in a last-ditch attempt to avert industrial action, writes Phil Baty. At a special governors'...
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New code to crack down on research misconduct
Universities are introducing a code of practice for researchers, which will enable them to hold academics to account for mistakes and malpractice, The Times Higher can reveal. The Russell Group of...
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Scientists told to enlighten the confused
Scientists were warned to be "ready with answers" this week, as a UK-wide campaign was launched to help people decide which research results they can - and can't - trust. The lobbying body Sense...
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'Opaque' course costs set alarm bells ringing
Some universities spend almost four times more per nursing student than other institutions and almost three times more per medical student, according to a report published this week. The Higher...