Casualisation of university profession
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A case of unfair dismissal
Marie Denley is concerned that women have failed to make their mark on the past millennium Here's sport indeed: a mini-quiz. Question: what do the following six names have in common - William Caxton...
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Should women have made the shortlist?
Should women have made the shortlist for the Today programme's Person/Personality of the Millennium competition and, if so, which ones? Email us on soapbox@thes.co.uk.
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National value
Subjects with national value but few students will continue to receive financial support for at least the next five years, writes Harriet Swain. Minority courses in, for example, West African studies...
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Geographers plug exam bank
Thousands of hours spent marking student essays could be saved at the touch of a button if universities agree to create a national "bank" of computer-assessed exam questions. The idea was unveiled...
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Principal dogged by second sacking
An industrial tribunal has brought forward the deadline for Glasgow Caledonian University to reinstate former principal, Stan Mason, because of his 65th birthday on January 30. But the Glasgow...
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Miser institutions 'must spend more on students'
Colleges are squirrelling away money unnecessarily instead of spending it on improving their service to students, the Further Education Funding Council has warned. Publishing full and aggregated 1997...
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Embattled dean to go
'Mr Watts, who had been subject to hate mail inviting him to "settle in the farthest reaches of hell", was suspended as a result of allegations made by the Jenkinses' The dean at the centre of...
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Whistleblowers now protected by the law
Whistleblowers now have statutory protection against persecution and victimisation by employers. Legal protection for those who blow the whistle on fraud, malpractice and crime in the workplace came...
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Chums calls for RAE reassessment
A meeting to thrash out how best to assess clinical medical research in the next research assessment exercise will be held later this month in an attempt to end months of uncertainty. Despite the...
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Colleges face action over falling standards
At least two colleges face the threat of sanctions under the government's new stand against failing colleges. Senior managers at Kidderminster College in Worcestershire have already initiated...
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Research must extend links with medical practice
British medical researchers have much to celebrate. They have a Medical Research Council that seems to understand their needs (page 26); a host of research charities funding their work, including one...
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Finding direction in the standardisation issue
Plans developed by four geography departments for a shared bank of computer assessable questions covering the core of the undergraduate geography curriculum are the logical corollary of the policy...
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Academics will lead the Chimp innew-look NHS
Clinical academics must be included in partnerships to ensure quality in the future NHS, writes Michael Powell Abolition of general practitioner fund-holding and the internal market have been at the...
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Hark the Herald?
Perhaps on reflection Peter Atkins will regret that he did not write with more restrained common sense and less vindictive vituperation about the "intrinsic evil" and "incipient perversion" of...