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Leader: Could it be that v-cs deserve their pay rise?
Can an annual rise of 7.9 per cent in vice-chancellors' salaries be justified when academics had to settle for an increase of 3 per cent in the same year? In most cases, and with a couple of...
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Alan Ryan
It was William Bowen, the president of the Mellon Foundation, who passed on to my wife the aphorism: "If you want a job doing properly, give it to a busy woman." But it's nice to see the Corporation...
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V-cs' 7.9% pay rise is twice that of staff's
Survey shows salaries of university heads rose by an average of ?12,000 in one year, Anthea Lipsett writes.The salaries of university chiefs rose by more than twice that of academic staff in 2005-06...
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University chiefs’ salaries rise faster than lecturers’ The salaries of university vice-chancellors rose at more than double the rate of lecturers last year. Forty-three now earn more than the Prime...
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Latest research news
Women shed unwanted hair through mint tea Hairy women could shed their unwanted growth by drinking mint tea, according to a study published. They are hirsute because they have abnormally high levels...
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Brain cells clue to genius of Einstein Scientists may be a step closer to understanding one of the most brilliant minds ever to grace the field, that of Albert Einstein, the man who unravelled the...
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Public concern over university privatisation Increased privatisation in UK universities would lead to falling standards and harm Britain's international reputation, according to a new poll released...
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Research Fellowship
Deadline: 30/06/2007
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Science and Innovation Awards - Call for Outline Proposals
Deadline: 10/04/2007
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Today's news
Anger as Cambridge cuts three languages The University of Cambridge is under fire over proposals to reduce teaching of Portuguese, Hindi and Sanskrit. Portuguese is to be cut back to a single paper “...
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Get set for wardrobe assessing exercise
Academics have suffered jokes about their fashion sense, or the lack of it, for a long time, but a TV makeover show is now taking the matter seriously, writes Anthea Lipsett. The BBC's What Not to...
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'My work bridges the gap between science and clinical applications'
Peter Hall has been given a rare accolade by the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Most people assume that pathology professor Peter Hall cuts up dead bodies. But Professor Hall, who...
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On the move...
Tim Unwin , professor of geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, has been appointed programme director of the World Economic Forum's Partnerships for Education initiative. Brighton...
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South secures research cash
North slates skewed system of biomedical funding allocation. Rebecca Attwood reports. Champions of England's northern universities this week blasted health chiefs for pouring biomedical research...