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THE podcast: 29 May 2014 issue review
Download the podcastHow much are universities spending on settling employment disputes? And is London becoming a university system in itself? These topics and more are discussed in this week鈥檚 issue...
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A-level reforms graded 'F' by students
NUS/OCR poll finds widespread disquiet over Michael Gove鈥檚 proposals
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29 May 2014
Another planet - London: uniquely attractive, uniquely challenging
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News in brief - 29 May 2014
IoE/UCL mergerAll done bar the due diligence?A merger of the Institute of Education and University College London is set to be completed by December after the institutions鈥 governing councils gave...
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Grant winners - 29 May 2014
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilResearch GrantsAward winner: Brian ShielsInstitution: University of GlasgowValue: 拢428,822Molecular epidemiology of ticks and tick-borne disease...
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Adjust your expectations
I聽graduated in philosophy from a Russell Group university in 2012, and although I聽now have a good job (with that university) I聽still have the half-joking jibes about the practical use of my degree...
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No pension surprises
鈥淚s it the end for final salary pensions?鈥 your headline asks (News, 22聽May). The end has been on the cards for at least 10 years, and several people tried to warn colleagues that this would happen...
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Forum for the future
I am not 鈥渁nti-trade union鈥, as Unison claims (鈥淗R head: union shutout ignited staff enthusiasm鈥, News, 22 May), I am pro-representation for all employees.First, the University of Reading did not...
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Questions over open books
If open access is to be extended to books, two questions need to be put straight away. How are authors and publishers to position the boundary between books for whose publication the author must in...
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Essential training
The Mid Staffordshire scandal does not 鈥渓oom over nursing education鈥, it looms over society (鈥淭he trials of service鈥, Features, 15 May) and to suggest otherwise blames people for their actions rather...
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Uncrackable codes
The phenomenon that the anonymous senior university manager is describing when he refers to worries about the appointment of ambitious outsiders (鈥淩ise of the replicants: management clones and shades...
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Who鈥檚 the boss in the lecture hall?
Students are not, nor should they ever be considered, the employer of an instructor (鈥淩epetitive strain鈥, Features, 15 May). That is the mentality of 鈥渇or-profit鈥 schools that are a shell of their...
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The week in higher education - 29 May 2014
Students at the University of Brighton are the most likely to score between the sheets, according to higher education鈥檚 most salacious 鈥 and least reliable 鈥 league table. Brighton undergraduates had...