Free spirits
Open-source programmers, who help drive many institutions’ computer systems, are pirates to some - but they now have a legal champion, reports Stephen Phillips The new Software Freedom Law Center (...
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Treasure for the islands
A scheme to provide Caribbean states with distance learning by satellite and wireless technology aims to foster collaboration and boost the competitiveness of the region. David Jobbins reports The...
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On the record
Steve Bailey assesses how institutions have been affected by the Freedom of Information Act After three months of living with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, it seems as though most further and...
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Backlash may put boycott in jeopardy
The Association of University Teachers could be forced to abandon its boycott of two Israeli universities before it even gets off the ground, The Times Higher has learnt. A move by anti-boycott...
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Lib Dems eclipse Labour on campus
Labour's electoral dominance on Britain's campuses will come to an end on May 5 amid a surge of support among academics and students for the Liberal Democrats, according to two exclusive polls for...
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'I've never refused to work with people who didn't share my views'
Estelle Morris has been appointed pro vice-chancellor of Sunderland, the 'Oxbridge of the new universities' Estelle Morris, who famously resigned as Education Secretary on the grounds that she felt...
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On the move
* Alan Godfrey , professor and former dean of Paisley University's Business School, has been appointed assistant principal with responsibility for lifelong learning and external development. *...
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Inaction fuels research row
Phil Baty investigates a bitter dispute that has cast a dark shadow over a medical school When lecturer Aubrey Blumsohn made allegations of research misconduct against his boss and a junior colleague...
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Thinking aloud? You may as well be, say scientists
British researchers have taken the first steps towards reading people's minds using straightforward brain-scanning techniques. Scientists had a clearer idea of which images volunteers had seen after...
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Fee hike slipped in under election'purdah'
The Government was accused this week of using international students as "cash cows" as it sought to rush through plans for a 150 per cent increase in visa fees. University and student leaders reacted...
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Next week
A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE The murky academic dispute in Israel that lies behind the AUT boycott
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Activists targeted, claim lecturers
AUT motions highlight plights of five 'victimised' members, reports Phil Baty Lecturers' leaders fear that universities are singling out and victimising union activists and standards campaigners in a...
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Conference roundup
A small minority of vociferous opponents has failed to stop the tide of support for a merger between the Association of University Teachers and the lecturers' union Natfhe. The AUT council in...
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Glasgow hears its gloss is gone
Glasgow University's reputation has been damaged locally, nationally and internationally, consultants have reported, writes Anna Fazackerley. The university employed a consultancy firm last year to...
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Institutions pay to get PR polish
Some universities are spending tens of thousands of pounds on hiring consultants to advise them on public relations, marketing and branding, a Times Higher investigation has revealed. Documents...