Grant winners - 6 March 2014
Economic and Social Research CouncilAward winner: Andy FurlongInstitution: University of GlasgowValue: 拢67,750The making of the 鈥減recariat鈥: unemployment, underemployment and work-poor young adults...
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Part-time researchers on the rise
The number of part-time research-only contracts at UK universities has increased by 770 since 2009-10
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Fees 鈥榓mnesty鈥 tops UUK鈥檚 pre-election wish list
Parties exhorted to prioritise research investment and internationalisation
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Redefining success may help women achieve potential
New book explores challenges female academics at Cambridge face on route to top
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Gallup launches graduate satisfaction survey in US
First-ever American poll to be carried out on the effect of higher education on happiness and success
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Poland: growth stalls in an academy overdue for reform
Solutions to demographic, quality and employability issues needed for a sector slow to adapt to globalisation
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The wheel deal?
I鈥檓 not sure what was more shocking about Kevin Fong鈥檚 article 鈥淕ear-shift mechanism鈥 (13聽February): that University College London apparently does not foster transferable skills in its...
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Best buy at Poppleton
Laurie Taylor鈥檚 Which?-style review of Professor Lapping (20聽February) reprises his 1980s response to a call by Lord Joseph for an academic equivalent to Which?. At that time in Taylor鈥檚 column, the...
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It鈥檚 right to take a break
Rebecca Braun鈥檚 article about maternity leave for academics (鈥淪he knows, she tried鈥, Features, 23 January) gave a rather negative view of the experience and detracted from some of the progress that...
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Public interest defence
The seriousness of the threatened takeover of the Institute of Education, University of London by University College London (鈥淟ove, honour, obey: will the IoE repent its UCL union at leisure鈥,...
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Inaccessible research
In the article 鈥淥pen access may have little impact on time-poor firms鈥 (News, 聽February), representatives of the publisher Elsevier suggest that achieving the UK government鈥檚 goal of full open access...
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Real test starts after PhD
The feature 鈥淔it to supervise?鈥 (20聽February) suggests that poor supervision is to blame for 鈥渟ubstandard doctoral theses鈥. But poor theses are produced by poor students. No degree of expert...
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Duty to share data
After carefully reviewing the issue of sharing personal data, Dame Fiona Caldicott concluded: 鈥淭he duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality.鈥 The...
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Perverse values and investments in REF
Claims about the cost burden imposed by 鈥渙nerous鈥 methodology for the research excellence framework (鈥淭he REF: how was it for you?鈥, 聽February) ignore the behavioural response of academics and...
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Warwick WMG recruits new talent
Applied research group bolsters its roster of expertise with with five new posts. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments