Brainy, but has he got a really big 'h'?
It is the question every academic could soon be dying to ask colleagues: "What's your h-index?" Jorge Hirsch, a physicist at the University of California, San Diego, developed the index to measure...
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Postdoctoral prospects Which disciplines are most likely to deliver permanent posts? PLUS Tales of fantasy and fear: why Hans Christian Andersen still gets under our skin
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Sex bias persists in pay
The gender pay gap starts immediately after graduation, new research suggests. Figures on university leavers' destinations from the Higher Education Statistics Agency found that men were more than...
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Skills funding impact
Universities will have to account for the money they spend on training postgraduate and postdoctoral students under new arrangements. In a letter to institutions this week, Research Councils UK...
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Health policies v rights
A leading bioethicist says Unesco's Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights heralds disaster for standard medical research routines. Udo Schuklenk, head of Glasgow Caledonian University's Centre...
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Glasgow language cuts
Glasgow University has denied fresh claims that it is singling out its School of Modern Languages for job losses as part of its cost-cutting voluntary severance scheme, launched in June. A...
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Oxford's last prodigy?
Oxford University is reviewing whether it can continue to admit child prodigies to undergraduate degrees. Under the Children Act 2004, one-to-one tutorials could pose problems and, in addition,...
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Push for viva ground rules
Research that has revealed wide disparities in PhD vivas has prompted calls for "common ground rules" so that students are better prepared for the examinations. Guidelines would particularly benefit...
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Call for postgrad agreements
Universities should agree pre-course contracts with postgraduates to ensure both sides have realistic expectations, the new general secretary-elect of the National Postgraduate Committee has said....
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Financial aid plea for language students
The University Council of Modern Languages is pressing for financial help for universities to counteract the negative impact variable fees are expected to have on the numbers of students choosing to...
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Ill-prepared institutions may miss out on cash
Researchers at about ten UK universities may lose out on cash because their institutions failed to prepare in time for the full economic costing model to be introduced next week. From September 1,...
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Scottish studentsnet best fee deal
As top-up fees begin to bite, the cost of study in different parts of the UK is likely to vary considerably, writes Olga Wojtas. From 2006, virtually all English universities are set to charge...
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'There's lots of girls, so that's good for you'
Asking about a would-be student's grades and finding course vacancies are the main roles of those manning clearing hotlines. But how do they cope when asked something a little different? We got...
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Surge in demand puts strain on system
Admissions staff have been straining to cope with this year's surge in demand as fears grow that the most popular subjects may soon disappear from clearing. By Tuesday this week, the Universities and...
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Bucks move collapses after rebuff over title
The future direction of Buckinghamshire's only public higher education institution was clouded in uncertainty this week following the collapse of relocation plans weeks after the rejection of its...