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Number of chairs up 63% in decade
Competition is forcing universities to offer more professorships and improve pay. Tony Tysome reports Career opportunities for ambitious academics are brighter than ever as the number of professors...
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Darwin's house or Blue Duck, Perth?
A day trip to Nasa's Space Centre, camping in the Amazonian rainforest or a fortnight studying geysers in Iceland sound like dream holidays for scientists. But a new website, launched by German...
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'Durham needs to show the world the wonderful things going on here'
With its top scholarship and students, Durham could be the 'Princeton of Europe', says its new vice-chancellor Last week, Christopher Higgins became the 23rd vice-chancellor of Durham University. The...
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On the move...
* Dundee University has appointed: Gordon Liddle director of the Centre for Remote Environments. He was previously operations manager for the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Isles...
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Psychic offers career advice
London South Bank condemned for hosting 'magical living' workshop. Phil Baty reports London South Bank University has been criticised for hiring a self-styled "psychic" to run a staff wellbeing...
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Will Big Brother be cultural watershed for robots?
A multidisciplinary team is setting up a " Big Brother house " for robots. As in the reality TV show, the robot participants will be under constant observation to see how they interact and how their...
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Prizes aid arts and minds
The number of applications to Edge Hill University has rocketed since it won the 2006 Times Higher award for Outstanding Student Financial Support. John Cater, the vice-chancellor, said the award...
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Next week
Film studies: Is it losing the plot? Plus Impotence: Chris McManus tackles a 2,000-year cultural history Fast-forward to the future: ICT special
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Staff cuts looming
Up to 90 academics are facing redundancy at Anglia Ruskin University, which has launched a voluntary severance scheme. The university expects to "release" a total of 80 to 90 academics. Final...
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Documentary protest
More than three dozen leading scientists have signed a letter protesting against plans by production company Wagtv to release its documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle on DVD. The 37...
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Malaysian contract
The next generation of Malaysian schoolteachers will learn their English courtesy of Portsmouth University, which has signed a ?6 million contract with the Malaysian Government. Under the deal, 50...
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An iPod assessment
Academics at Chester University are playing the iPod generation at their own game by offering feedback on coursework through internet podcasts instead of written reports. Students completing a final-...
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Rise in applications
The latest Universities and Colleges Admissions Service figures show that applications to full-time UK undergraduate courses are up by 5.2 per cent on last year, to 446,765. Overseas applications...