V-c: I will sack the rebel staff
Brian Roper, the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University, is prepared to sack hundreds of lecturers to win a dispute over contracts. He said this week: "I've coped with worse." Dr Roper...
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AUT urges 'fee write-off' carrot
Students who go on to become academics should have their undergraduate debt written off, the Association of University Teachers said this week. The AUT says that a national incentive scheme is needed...
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Rallying cry for a Northern Way
Universities are at the forefront of plans to boost the economies of the North of England. In the first in our series on moves towards greater collaboration within regions, Alison Utley reports on...
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Why the best academics are just like sperm
Variety is the spice of life. Tim Birkhead urges lecturers to discover the joys of eccentricity and leave uniformity to the clones My spermatozoa measure 53µ from tip to tail, give or take a micron...
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Jobwatch: Copyright Caretaker
Brunel University will be one of the first institutions to employ an officer specifically to oversee copyright issues and digital output across all departments. Chris Johnston reports. With the...
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Election leaves v-cs' fee planning in limbo
Australian universities face a period of unprecedented uncertainty after Prime Minister John Howard's decision to call a general election for October 9. The surprise announcement means that vice-...
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Contest hots up for medical places
Winning a university place to train as a doctor is now harder than it has been for at least a generation, an investigation by The Times Higher has revealed. Despite fears that the government push to...
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Who got that job?
Kit Nicholson Director, International Centre for the Uplands - Cumbria Lancaster University Job advertised in The Times Higher , January 9, 2004 The Cumbrian fells have long been a powerful source of...
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Knickers at the ready, wherever you're from
Caron Freeborn's Essex twang got a few laughs when she arrived at Cambridge. But 12 years on, she's still there, relishing class distinctions. When, aged almost , I got a place to read for a degree...
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Teaching: On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : David McAlpine. Age: 36. Job: Reader in auditory neuroscience, University College London. Salary : About £38,000 plus the risible London weighting....
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Today's news
Student offers 'should recognise easy A levels' Top grades in some A-level subjects are easier to achieve than in others and universities should take this into account when making offers to students...
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Eurochambres Position Paper on Information Technologies and Research
Brussels, 02 Sep 2004 EUROCHAMBRES call on the Commission to promote a greater involvement of SMEs and new Member State companies and proposes an alternative. EUROCHAMBRES urges the European...
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Commission grants Euro 93 million to upgrade European Research and Education Internet (GÉANT)
Brussels, 2nd September 2004 A contract to upgrade Europe’s world-leading GÉANT communications network for research and education has been signed by the European Commission in Brussels. Upgrades will...
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Bookmakers cut odds on scientific breakthroughs
Brussels, 02 Sep 2004 Bookmakers in the UK are cutting the odds on scientific breakthroughs, believing that the chances of remarkable discoveries being made before 2010 are increasing. The first...
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UK trade union worried about shortage of scientific experts
Brussels, 02 Sep 2004 Following an announcement from the UK government that it cut 104,000 civil service posts, the professional workers' union (Prospect) has warned of a potential shortage of...