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United StatesDecimation isn't the half of itA university in West Virginia has announced that it will cut its workforce by 50 per cent. Mountain State University officials made the announcement last...
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Bayrou promises to include all views at launch of strategy talks
Talks on the future of the university system have got under way at the French education ministry, where all representative bodies, unions, committees and associations have been invited to help draw...
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Campus round-up
Source: AlamyLet’s stay together - take the bins outDid you wake up this Valentine’s Day morning to a dozen red roses and breakfast in bed? If not, don’t worry: romantic gestures are not that...
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Greater value than money
Innovation oughtn't mean just profit-making technology - there is a subtler, social sort, explains Nick Petford
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'Consumer' right? No, it's the wrong analogy
After two decades of exposure to the managerial mantra "the student is a consumer", I was intrigued to see the ÌÇÐÄVlog headline "A bad deal for 'consumers'" (17 November), particularly...
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Appointments
Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaSimon JonesThe Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has appointed Simon Jones acting head of strings. The promotion of Dr Jones, currently head of the college'...
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Aim for the stars in science - but don't ask for more money
David Willetts has set out proposals for major multi-national corporations to join forces with a foreign or British university and establish new graduate-only research institutions in the UK.
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Reach for the stars
The REF is coming and many institutions are looking to poach premier league researchers to boost their scores (and income) before it is too late. Elizabeth Gibney takes a look at the recruitment ‘...
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English 'experiment' may need the luck of the Irish to succeed
The coalition's university reforms seem ill-conceived to Ireland's funding chief. Matthew Reisz reports
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Appointments
University of BathConrad EarnestA professor of health and exercise has swapped the bayou for Bath. Conrad Earnest, who joined the University of Bath in April from the Pennington Biomedical Research...
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Robert Gordon uses slick logic to tap the assets of its environment
New principal emphasises importance of links with local industries. Hannah Fearn reports
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Radio ga-gagged
Press a button and someone’s reputation dies, warns Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Shakespeare in America
At the time of writing, Shakespeare's Globe is staging his oeuvre in a variety of languages including King John in Armenian, Hamlet in Lithuanian and Troilus and Cressida in Maori. There is also a...
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Appointments
University of LincolnJohn DrakakisJohn Drakakis, the new visiting professor of English studies at the University of Lincoln, said he was "flattered" to be offered the role. Professor Drakakis, who is...
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Campus round-up
University of SheffieldHow richly sums have decked theeFestive mathematics students have created a formula for the perfectly decorated Christmas tree. Members of the University of Sheffield's maths...