Launch of REF to be delayed a year
Funding changes rescheduled to give more time to pilot new metrics-based system, writes Zoe Corbyn
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The Week in ÌÇÐÄVlog
- As the London mayoral race warmed up with reports of Tory candidate and former Shadow ÌÇÐÄVlog Minister Boris Johnson's encounters with drugs as a student at Oxford, and coverage of the...
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Don't ape others, says Hefce chief
Eastwood urges institutions to show imagination and prosper on their own terms. John Gill reports
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Minister calls for 'transparency' in admissions
Universities will have to submit "transparent" admissions and widening participation policies to the Office for Fair Access, Universities Secretary John Denham has announced.A published document for...
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Dearing disses Dragons' Den of university heads
Outlandish ideas and pithy put-downs were in short supply when BBC TV favourite Dragons' Den got a higher education makeover at the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England's annual conference....
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Top 10 researchers in environment/ecology based on total citations
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007
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Engaging with students’ spirituality
Students’ religious convictions need not hinder the learning environment; treated respectfully and inclusively, their presence may enhance the experience for all
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Portfolio careers
Why settle for a single career when you could have six? Take a look at your skills, plan ahead and diversify
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Come back Zenodotus. All is forgiven.
Beware digi-evangelists and search engines, says Tara Brabazon. It is still real-life librarians, past and present, who remain the true custodians of human knowledge
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Agency workers: the Court of Appeal rules
Agency workers are considered to "miss out" because many important employment rights, such as protection against unfair dismissal, are only enjoyed by those who can bring themselves within the legal...
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Discipline and Punish
Poppleton University's successful history of outsourcing was given a new boost with last week's announcement that academic staff discipline was to be outsourced to HM Prison Service.Jamie Targett,...
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Clear heads in the clouds
Up in the Andes is a university worth emulating, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Leader: Measuring up the yardsticks
Despite their imperfections and controversy, league tables still add more to our understanding of the sector than they subtract
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John Sizer, 1938-2008
From humble beginnings working in the trawling and frozen food industries while studying for accountancy exams at Grimsby College of Further Education, John Sizer went on to become chief executive of...