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'Every 1 per cent gain in accuracy is crucial in climate change research'
John Thurburn is working with the Met Office to improve forecasting in this highly unpredictable area As scientists gathered in Exeter this week for a climate change summit, Exeter University...
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On the move...
* City University, London, has appointed Peter Kunzlik professor and director of the Institute of Law. He will succeed Martin Dockray in March. Professor Kunzlik is currently dean of Nottingham...
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Bristol admission secrets revealed
Proof that Bristol University systematically favours candidates from disadvantaged backgrounds over privileged pupils has been uncovered by The Times Higher . Admissions tutors have been told to...
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Academics scorn TV lecture move
Scientists responded with disdain this week as the Royal Institution confirmed that its flagship Christmas Lectures would be screened on Five - the television channel made famous by its staple diet...
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California dreaming for finest in stem cells
Researchers fed up with the British winter may soon have their heads turned by a smiling US academic with access to billions of dollars of research cash, writes Anna Fazackerley. Robert Dynes,...
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Tories do U-turn on polytechnics policy
The return of polytechnic-style colleges was proposed by the Conservatives this week, more than a decade after then-Education Secretary Ken Clarke abolished them under a Tory government. On Thursday...
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Next week
BENEVOLENT BRITAIN? David Cesarani on how the British establishment hijacked Holocaust Memorial Day COMING SOON Steven Rose on the ethics of brain research
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A motivator who has shaken up 'crusty old dinners' and more
Janet Paraskeva is not a name usually mentioned in higher education circles. But vice-chancellors would do well to sit up and take note, writes Claire Sanders. Later this month the Law Society, of...
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Law revamp could hit coffers
The Law Society is proposing a radical reorganisation of legal education that could see the end of popular - and, for universities, highly lucrative - law courses. The future of the obligatory...
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Happy returns for floated spin-off firms
The value of university spin-off companies floated on the stock market has outstripped, in just one year, the Government's entire spend on "knowledge transfer" activities. Companies based on the...
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HEA guest accused of bullying
The UK's new agency for promoting best practice among academics faces potential embarrassment after inviting an Australian academic accused of bullying to speak at its inaugural conference. Craig...
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Natfhe calls PM's wife
Cherie Booth, the Prime Minister's wife, may be dragged into an escalating industrial dispute at Liverpool John Moores University. The LJMU branch of lecturers' union Natfhe last week unanimously...