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BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL2012 CASE studentships? Award winner: Anna Hine? Institution: Aston University? Value: ?108,173To work in partnership with Isogenica Ltd to...
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Don't tar discipline with Stapel brush
The report of the Levelt, Noort and Drenth committees into the fraudulent research practices of the social psychologist Diederik Stapel performs a valuable service for the academic community. In...
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Separate spheres
In your item on the UK Border Agency's raid of Leeds Professional College, you report that this came despite the institution "passing the educational oversight test" and being "QAA-approved" ("...
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Vanity management (1 of 2)
Queen Mary, University of London's promotional material hypes its success in the 2008 research assessment exercise against the sparkling backdrop of new buildings. Academic freedom in expensive "open...
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Vanity management (2 of 2)
Although the University and College Union branch at Queen Mary called off its strike in protest against principal Simon Gaskell's metrics-led dismissals and proposed performance management scheme,...
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Percentage error
The major miscalculation in relating student-to-staff ratios to time spent teaching is the use of percentages of time instead of hours ("The lecturers who don't teach (but still count)", News, 6...
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Pre-booked value
Like Iain Stevenson ("Hang the expenses", Opinion, 13 December), I often have multiple reimbursement claims totalling more than four figures. These can be repayments for carrying out a range of...
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You're better than that
I was interested to read about Astrid Wissenburg's move to The Open University ("Now she'll work by her own rules", Research, 29 November). However, I was intrigued by her description of the...
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From Where I Sit - The unkindest cuts
"Nobody wants to come visit us any more." That's what I was told by a lecturer at the University of Athens a few weeks ago. I had deliberately made my way to Athens to see for myself the effects of...
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Campus round-up
Plymouth UniversityGlobal business linksBusiness and finance students will have the opportunity to take part in a cross-Atlantic exchange thanks to a new partnership. Officials from Plymouth...
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News in brief
Research malpractice'Inadequate role model'A prominent researcher who spends 20 per cent of her time at the University of Manchester has been reprimanded by the German Research Foundation (the DFG)...
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News in brief
United StatesBrainless brain treatmentA US university hospital has been criticised by federal regulators over severe deficiencies in the patient care offered to those undergoing experimental surgery...
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The week in higher education
? Theresa May's speech on immigration and the student visa system contained so much nuance and balance that some people might be confused about where she stands. So a 糖心Vlog Office press release...
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Men seek men for dominant positions: headhunters' 'baleful influence' on equality
Male-dominated headhunting firms paid to identify potential university leaders are hampering efforts to recruit more female vice-chancellors.