Money, mentors and markets
The EPSRC is using an outside fund manager to select and shape commercial proposals. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFourteen fellows will share £5.5 million under the Global Uncertainties scheme, run by the ESRC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. They will look at how...
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The best start
As pro v-c for research at Leeds, Andrew Thompson intends to develop early-career researchers, not least for the REF
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Appointments
Fraser McLeay has been appointed head of the marketing, travel and tourism management subject group at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. Professor McLeay has previously held posts at...
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Original features
The spectacular 450-tonne Infinity Bridge over the river at Stockton-on-Tees officially opens this week.Built for £15 million, it links the major North Shore waterfront development with Durham...
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Professor defends modern students
Top educationist says critics of undergraduates are guilty of moral panic, writes Rebecca Attwood
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'Red-blooded' posts on offer in UEA recruitment drive
Rich rewards promised for top-quality teachers and researchers, writes Melanie Newman
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Critical review pushes bath to reorganise departments and cut admin staff
The University of Bath is to restructure its academic departments after a cost-cutting exercise in which 19 support staff have been made redundant.An internal performance review found that academics...
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Solent may merge with further education college
Southampton Solent University plans to merge with a further education college in the city.The Southampton City College campus is ten minutes' walk from the university and lies adjacent to its halls...
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Can we talk about this?
Union confrontations will not help the sector achieve the financial stability that secures jobs, Bill Wakeham says
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The petty meanness is bitterly recalled, but the kindness is repaid
Fundraisers reap what university staff sow. Adrian Furnham explains why one alma mater will not receive a single penny from him
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If there's no cause for complaint, students should be held to account
Universities ought to protect their lecturers by taking action against those who make unfounded allegations against them, argues Ian Greener
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An unpaid ambassador
Patricia Lee, the wife of Simon Lee, former vice-chancellor of Leeds Met, responds to the media's slings and arrows
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The week in higher education
Almost a quarter of France's state-run universities remain crippled because of an ongoing strike by staff and students. The protests, now in their 14th week, have already gone on long enough to...
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For-profit growth predicted if US giant buys UK's BPP
Acquisition could spark expansion of private providers, writes Melanie Newman