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Campus clampdown
A student union president faced a disciplinary hearing this week after refusing to cancel a public debate featuring a controversial Islamic group. Middlesex University confirmed that Keith Shilson...
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Degrees of separation
University College London has been granted the right to award its own taught and research degrees in a move that will be seen as a step closer to independence from the University of London. However,...
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Stamp it out in Wales
Peter Black, Welsh Liberal Democrat education spokesman, has called on Welsh universities to help eradicate bullying after The Times Higher exposed the extent of the problem. He said: "The figures...
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Bursaries bonus
Bursaries of £10,000 will be offered to support two students at Goldsmiths, University of London. The New Cross Awards commemorate the lives of 14 young black people who died in the New Cross fire of...
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Rent returns
Lincoln University has secured £30 million to finish its campus at Brayford Pool in the next five years as the result of a refinancing deal announced this week. Lincoln transferred its student...
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Funding fillip
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced a £30 million cash boost to 31 museums and galleries in England's universities. Museums such as the Women's Library at London Metropolitan...
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Clarification
The second-placed institution in last week's student satisfaction table was wrongly identified as St Mary's College, Twickenham. The score should have been attributed to St Mary's University College...
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Pension rejig set to inhibit job mobility
Moving jobs between old and new universities is about to become more difficult as pension schemes diverge further. The problem is set to get worse as a result of the Pensions and Finance Acts coming...
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Drive to triple benefactors
Cambridge University has married academic know-how with business nous in its bid to raise £1 billion by 2012. William Brown, master of Darwin College, Cambridge University, is among the people who...
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'Criminal' PhD cuts triggerjob fears
Universities are cutting the number of PhD places in their weaker departments, raising fears of academic job losses as the demand for doctoral supervisors declines. Faculties rated below 4 in the...
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Supervisors run thesis 'factories'
Academics are turning universities into PhD factories by caring more about the speed with which a thesis is written than its quality, according to the National Postgraduate Committee, writes Jessica...
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Young researchers given £400, 000 career leg-up
Young social science researchers struggling to get on the career ladder will soon be able to apply for a new stream of funding. The Economic and Social Research Council this week revealed its first...
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A site for women of science
An online database is being launched to help raise the profile of thousands of female scientists and engineers in the UK. The database, which is due to go live before Christmas, will help external...
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Oxford's new governance plan shifts power balance
Oxford University has dropped controversial plans for a new body of external representatives to oversee its affairs. But a compromise offered this week would still leave outsiders in a majority...