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  1. 6 out of 10 have no preference

    With all of this exciting job gossip, perhaps vice-chancellors don't have the time or energy to think about much else. Last week UUK held a meeting to discuss whether the group can survive in its...

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  2. More sparkle needed

    Perhaps Higher Education Minister Bill Rammell could set a better example to the nation's vice-chancellors. He turned up at the rather glamorous National Teaching Fellowship Awards last Thursday...

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  4. Outside all the boxes

    Complexity theory makes room for both Newton and disorder, say Jan Bogg and Robert Geyer For years everyone has been trying to promote interdisciplinary research. Yet despite a good deal of money and...

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  5. Don't spoil this success story

    EU moves to limit the use of MRI are misplaced and will impede future research, says Peter Mansfield The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been one of the great success stories of...

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  6. My summer of self-delusion

    Despite the absence of students over the holidays, Kevin Fong was too distracted to make inroads into his to-do list. Roll on Christmas The tell-tale signs are there - the shorter days, the cooler...

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  7. Tee up a big shot to drive bookings

    If you're organising a conference, get a keynote speaker who'll draw the crowds and won't send everyone to sleep. Overlapping with a golf tournament at the same venue won't hurt either, says Harriet...

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  8. No point in dwelling on past crises

    Name: Helen Thomas Age: 58 Job: Research director, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts. Previously, sociology professor at Goldsmiths, University of London. My job is to develop a long-...

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  9. Ask the panel

    Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I work as a secretary to a senior member of staff who has told me that she is moving...

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  10. Who got that cash?

    Marcus du Sautoy , 55, an Oxford University professor of mathematics, has been given a multimedia challenge of bringing maths to the masses. Professor du Sautoy has been awarded £144,061 by the...

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  11. Academics' good health is not to be sneezed at

    University staff appear to be in rude health, taking far fewer "sickies" than public and private sector employees, according to a new study. Employees in higher education institutions take an average...

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  12. Policy boosts study of childcare

    Wolverhampton University seems to be benefiting from increased national interest in the education of young children and those with special needs. It is advertising six posts in this week's Times...

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