Remark about department's absence excised from report
An official report on the strength of research in Middle Eastern and African studies has been edited to remove references to a university's failure to submit in that category in the research...
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RAE panel hurt field by labelling it 'weak'
Critics blame judgment for the possible closure of politics departments. Melanie Newman reports
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Proportion of fee income spent on bursaries and grants varies widely
Offa chief praises system while NUS seeks national scheme to end disparities. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Alarm grows as jobs to go at four more institutions
Voluntary redundancies and recruitment freezes are the order of the day. Melanie Newman reports
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Union fears for freedom as governance talks halt
Fears that academic freedom may be under threat at Scottish universities prompted an emergency motion at last week's University and College Union Scotland Congress.The motion was passed unanimously...
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ELQ rule blamed for rise in number of adult learning courses facing axe
Professional body says part-timers across the country are being hit, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Chemists up in arms over EPSRC's exclusion policy
Rules could see mass blacklisting, says letter with more than 100 signatories. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Academic medicine on the critical list, says BMA
The shortage of teaching staff in medicine is reaching critical levels, the British Medical Association has warned.
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Hefce criticises self-governance
Academics on council may have 'vested interests', Cambridge warned. Melanie Newman writes
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Stronger university involvement in defence research is likely to follow the Government's decision to turn its major non-nuclear defence laboratories into an "agency" operating at arm's length from...
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News in brief
Vocational degreesHigher education for apprenticesThe Government has pledged to help more apprentices go to university and says it is considering a new form of vocational degree. John Denham, the...
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Daytime TV: The simple things
Gary Day on the beauty of everyday objects, a baroque pilgrimage and a long-running soap
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Most cited authors of books in the humanities, 2007
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ ISI Web of Science, 2007
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Blue is the colour
Following the news of a porno shoot on Loughborough campus, the Head of our Plumbing Department, Professor L.M. Forsett, has responded with alacrity to the claim that Dr Jeff Freebody, a junior...