Advert for unpaid UCL research role withdrawn
Another university has been pressured into withdrawing an advertisement for an unpaid role after critics labelled it exploitative and unethical.
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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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UAL denies quid pro quo pitch over tribunal case
Victim of harassment claims that HR manager proposed a deal. David Matthews reports
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Peer who moved from Left to the bank aims to be accommodating
But Lord Triesman has few kind words for v-cs and ?9,000 fees, he tells David Matthews
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Learning to do the right thing - and swear to it
David Matthews asks if MBA programmes are instilling ethics in their students
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILResearch GrantsAward winner: Duncan PritchardInstitution: University of EdinburghValue: ?404,685Extended knowledgeAward winner: Neil SinclairInstitution:...
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Age may not wither them but stale sector needs variety of staff
A bottleneck of over-60s leaves scant room for 'new blood', data suggest. Jack Grove writes
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We must see the gap to mind it
Call for earnings to be made public to help repair gender rift in salaries. Jack Grove reports
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Hefce decides there's no profit in competing for new slimline margins
Funding council scraps the bidding process for low-price student places. David Matthews writes
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Imperilled archive seeks new fearless champion
Some of the UK's leading research-intensive universities are bidding to take over a celebrated collection of women's history resources.The Women's Library, operated by London Metropolitan University...
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Queries over special funding for Oxbridge
'Transparency needed' over Hefce's ?7m bonus payment to elite universities, reports John Morgan
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No business like show business for the academy
More people went to public events put on by UK universities in 2010-11 than are expected to attend the Olympic and Paralympic Games.Exhibitions, public lectures, arts events and educational shows at...
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Institutions prepare to tackle AAB Rubik's Cube
This year's clearing will be crowded with universities seeking to boost student numbers, says Jack Grove
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How do academics spend their time? Filling out forms about how they spend their time ..
A survey was recently undertaken to discover how much time academics spend filling out the form that asks them to list how much time they spend on each of their activities.That might sound like a...
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'Serious' students call time on binge drinking
The pressure to get drunk at university is one of students' major worries, a survey has found.One fifth of students polled by the market research firm YouthSight listed the pressure to drink as one...