Deliver some talks and you're cruising
Academics engaged in the time-honoured winter tradition of planning and booking their summer holidays might like to consider an all-expenses-paid lecturing stint on a luxury cruise ship. Every year,...
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What does your VC earn? The Times Higher' s survey of vice-chancellors' pay Also The Cultural Revolution in close-up Delia Davin reviews Red Color News Soldier: A Chinese Photographer's Odyssey Books...
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Words of warning
An academic who supported claims that HIV was not the cause of Aids has called on scientists who hold "minority" views to tread carefully. Udo Schuklenk, professor of bioethics and human rights at...
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European genetics plan
A European institute is to be created to help scientists interpret the floods of data emerging from genetic research, coordinating studies and ultimately establishing a European School of...
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Academics' Iraq protest
Almost 700 university academics have signed a public declaration against the occupation of Iraq. Organiser Malcolm Levitt, a chemist from the University of Southampton, said the group was calling for...
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St Andrews raises rent
Student leaders at St Andrews University have "regretfully" accepted a per cent rent rise, saying that important concessions have been made. The university court will vote later this month on...
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O'Shea taunts English
Russell Group vice-chancellors in England are jealous of Scotland's innovative proof-of-concept scheme to commercialise research, according to Tim O'Shea, principal of Edinburgh University. Professor...
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Edexcel failures spark concern
Questions have been raised about the ability of the exam board Edexcel to produce quality higher education after an analysis by The Times Higher this week revealed that nine of the 12 departments...
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V-cs put case for cash to keep UK competitive
The state must spend an extra £8.8 billion on higher education over the next two years to maintain the nation's competitiveness, according to Universities UK. The sum, which would provide for England...
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Strike is likely as AUT vote closes
The Association of University Teachers was confident of securing a "yes" vote for industrial action over pay this week. Speaking to The Times Higher as the ballot closed on Wednesday, AUT assistant...
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Ucas reports healthy trend
The number of people who are applying for UK university places this autumn is up by 3.4 per cent to more than 350,000. The total applying from within the UK is up 2.2 per cent on last year to 316,000...
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Leftwingers look to break Labour hold
Leftwingers are expecting to capitalise on students' anger over top-up fees and the war in Iraq to break the 20-year Labour Party dominance of the National Union of Students in March's presidential...
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Cuts trigger plant warning
Experts have warned of the potential threat of new plant diseases with the news that the third state-funded agriculture research centre in four years faces closure. The Silsoe Research Institute (SRI...
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Think-tank puts £63,000 price tag on Oxford degree
It costs up to £21,000 a year to teach a single Oxford University student, a paper from a leading Oxbridge-based think-tank was expected to reveal this week. In a paper expected to dismiss government...
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QAA says 75% must try harder
The quality watchdog's mantra that its fledgling audit regime is a "light touch, not soft touch" was underlined this week when a report revealed that just two of the first eight institutions to be...