Professors could lose out in proposed pay shake-up
Senior lecturers from outside academia could gain the most in grade revision. Melanie Newman writes
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MPs ask QAA head to defend degree standards
The head of the university quality watchdog is to give evidence on degree standards to a cross-party committee of MPs, it was confirmed this week.Amid claims that academics are under pressure to...
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Wolverhampton to appeal loss of validation for pharmacy masters
Royal society withdraws after concerns over leadership and quality. Melanie Newman reports
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Derecognise UCU over Israel motion, says Deech
Universities should derecognise the University and College Union, the former independent adjudicator for higher education has urged.
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The full creative landscape
The AHRC wants to know which cultural elements, past and present, should inform policy-making. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThe Arts and Humanities Research Council has recently announced the first awards granted as part of the Beyond Text: Performances, Sounds, Images, Objects...
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Growing together
Nancy Rothwell, Raymond Dwek, Alan Malcolm and Richard Dyer on the future of UK biology's learned societies
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Warning: chronic bullying is hazardous to the academy's health
Stress and harassment cost the sector millions of pounds in lost work days and feed a culture of human misery, says Sally Hunt
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House of Lords overrules accepted thinking in disability discrimination law
It is a well-established principle of discrimination law, including disability discrimination, that to prove discrimination a claimant must demonstrate that he or she has been treated less favourably...
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Top journals in energy and fuels by impact
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from Journal Citation Reports and Journal Performance Indicators
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It's Not Easy Being Green!
Jamie Targett, our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, was quick to respond to criticism of our university's environmental policy that surfaced when Poppleton emerged in 125th place in the 2008...
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Appointments
Ian Crawford from Birkbeck, University of London, has been appointed by the Science and Technology Facilities Council to act as project scientist for the proposed UK-led MoonLITE mission to the Moon...
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Supermarket sweep
Kevin Fong discovers fear in a campus mini-mart shelf full of Pot Noodles
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Leader: The twilight zone needs its leaders
Middle management occupies an uneasy but vital position between collegial scholars and master-planning senior officials