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The essence of the University of Wisconsin system is that institutions, even prestigious, research-intensive ones, have more to gain than to lose by, in effect, pooling their sovereignty and...
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Creative Brit lands top South African post
British statistician Norma Reid has swept aside local contenders to win selection as head of South Africa's largest university, the University of the Wi****ersrand. Professor Reid, also known as Lady...
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Asteroid hazard prompts cash call
Peers have called on the government to provide funds to avert the potential threat of asteroids and other space debris colliding with the Earth. Earlier this month, the government announced a package...
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Bursary shock for medics
Fast-track medical students on a flagship government scheme are set to lose thousands of pounds in National Health Service bursaries following a ruling that they will be means-tested on their parents...
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Latest UK news
Crisis highlights 'need for science' The countrywide foot-and-mouth crisis illustrates the importance of science in everyday life, the president of the British Association for the Advancement of...
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Latest international news
Nigeria confronts university decay Nigeria’s federal government has set up a committee on university autonomy and related matters to tackle the decay in the country's universities.  ...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Researchers at University College London surveyed 600 employees of the Property Services Agency, which was privatised in the mid-1990s, and found that privatisation is bad for your...
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Laurie Taylor
Hard-up academics are being lured from the lecture hall to the classroom to help schools cope with teacher shortages - THES , March 9. Good morning, class 3b. My name is Lapping. I am your new...
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Letter: 'Ducking' UUK keeps powder dry (1)
I must reject claims of "paralysis" at Universities UK after our recent meeting in Newcastle ("V-cs attacked for ducking fight for cash", THES, March 9). Nothing could be further from the truth. The...
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Letter: 'Ducking' UUK keeps powder dry (2)
It is not surprising that UUK is ducking out of a fight with the government over funding. Vice-chancellors, like much of British academe, lack a crucial weapon in any contest: the willingness to...
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Letter: 'Ducking' UUK keeps powder dry (3)
The failure of vice-chancellors to fight for more funding comes as no surprise. The way they have squeezed staff salaries and hounded students for debt suggests they are more intent on reducing...
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Letter: 'Ducking' UUK keeps powder dry (4)
Sir Howard Newby may see "no point in pressing for specific proposals on funding" because he no doubt believes that the "budget boosts funding" and "universities will benefit from a raft of measures...
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Letter: Examiner fee examined (1)
Gerald Mars complains about being paid only £105 for external examining (Letters, THES, March 9). Next time, he might try drawing attention to the minimum rates recommended by the Association of...
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Letter: Examiner fee examined (2)
Gerald Mars's letter highlights the connivance of senior management in keeping academic pay at levels well below those in commerce and industry. Most registrars would say that the PhD examination fee...
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Letter: What social policy?
As the most recent past external examiner to the social policy courses at Sussex University, I was interested to read new pro vice-chancellor Mary Stuart's views on universities needing to "...