Handle with care
League tables occupy the minds of vice-chancellors, politicians, academics and students, but Ellen Hazelkorn advises them not to draw hasty conclusions
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Campus round-up
Institute of Education - Primary class divideDifferent rates of progress among children in their first two years at school are still driven largely by their parents' social class, a UK-wide study has...
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Unified theory: the academy, united, can never be defeated
As cuts bite, it would be easy for the sector to fragment. But, Keith Burnett argues, it must reject such pressures and work collectively to navigate the storm
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A novel idea: slow reading
Greg Garrard is torn between packing his course reading lists and giving his students time to reflect and dig deep
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Appointments
The University of Bath has appointed Ron Humphreys the new director of Bath Ventures, the body set up to promote and generate income from the institution's intellectual property. Formerly head of...
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Book of the week: Requiem for a Species
Why are most people 'everyday denialists'? Steven Yearley gets a sobering lesson
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Strikes on cards as retrenchment worsens
Industrial action is being threatened at a number of universities as cutbacks continue.Staff at Thames Valley University have warned that they might strike in response to redundancy plans for its...
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The fruits of Californication
The Golden State's mix of public planning, spin-off innovation and private excellence has made it one of the global academy's powerhouses. But funding cuts threaten the University of California's pre...
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Disappointment greets Budget announcement
No new money for places or researchUniversities must fight for grantsSavings demanded from research councils and institutions£50m for Technology Strategy Board Any hope that more money may be made...
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News in brief
Online learningTask force aims to keep UK topA task force has been set up in an attempt to cement the UK's leading global position in online learning. The Online Learning Task Force will be chaired...
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For the many, not the few
It is time to extend R.H. Tawney's 1922 vision of universal secondary education to universal access to tertiary study, argues Simon Szreter, and also to reject the coalition's fatally misguided...
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This is no time to cut the strings of Britain's economic parachute
University research generates ideas and keeps the country competitive - so we must protect its funding, argues Paul Wellings
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Business & management round-up
Work and Organizational BehaviourAuthors: John Bratton, Peter Sawchuk, Carolyn Forshaw, Militza Callinan and Martin CorbettEdition: SecondPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 560Price: £39.99ISBN...
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Provisional Agenda for: 2731st Meeting of the Council of the European Union "Competitiveness" (Internal Market, Industry and Research) Date: Monday 29 (9:30) and Tuesday 30 (10:00) May 2006 (link)
Brussels, 26 May 2006 Full text of Document 9513/06 Suite of documents 9513/06 MONDAY 29 MAY 2006 (9:30) 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 9685/06 PTS A 26 3. Better...
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‘Now is the time to invest in science, not to make cuts’
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee hears warnings of danger to the future of research – and the risk of fewer scientists – if planned cuts go ahead