Notts prods 'poor' staff to early exit
All academic staff at Nottingham University have been asked to produce a two-year research plan to determine whether they would be better off sticking to teaching. The university meanwhile intends to...
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Engineer's epistles
An important collection of long-lost papers and drawings by Isambard Kingdom Brunel were unveiled by Bristol University this week. The university paid around Pounds 100,000 at Christie's for the...
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Forsyth saves archive
Scottish secretary Michael Forsyth has vetoed a decision to close a major part of the Scottish Record Office after academics warned that research would be hit by the closure of West Register House.
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Welsh RAE losers
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has decided departments in Welsh institutions awarded a rating of 1 or 2 in the latest research assessment exercise will receive no RAE-based funding.
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Anti-corruption move
New measures to curb corruption in publicly funded institutions such as universities were expected to be announced this week. Roger Freeman, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was due to announce...
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Officer class
King's College London is to be one of the main providers of higher education for officers in the British armed forces. The college's department of war studies will educate officers attending the new...
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Intelligence test
Coming next term to the Institute of Historical Research's 20th Century British History seminar, a session listed as "Debate on Limits of Intelligence Disclosure (Participants to be announced)" - or...
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Police eye Swansea
The South Wales Police Fraud Squad is considering a full investigation into mismanagement at Swansea Institute of Higher Education following last week's damning National Audit Office report on its...
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Mature student leads biggest university
A WOMAN who entered academia as a mature student has been appointed head of Britain's largest university. Alexandra Burslem, deputy vice chancellor and academic director of Manchester Metropolitan...
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Review of health unit after head departs
Nottingham University is reviewing its relationship with "associate" staff in the health service management centre after the sudden departure of the unit's head, Eric Caines. Associates used by...
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More v-cs get six appeal
The six-figure vice chancellor is close to becoming the norm as pay for heads of institutions continues to rise. This year's THES pay survey, the third, shows that 61 heads of institutions -...
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Blair to fund new ideas from old
A Labour government would launch a multi-million pound scheme aimed at supporting young, emerging talent in the arts, science and technology, it was announced this week. Giving a speech on the arts...
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Internet
Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features, reviews and advertisements in the newspaper, plus a full list of institutions in British further and higher...
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English chiefs in RAE protest
English studies heads have expressed dismay over the "absurdly low" proportion of their departments awarded top ratings in the latest research assessment exercise. The Council for College and...
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Health researchers
* Health researchers are calling on the Higher Education Funding Council for England to maintain some research funding for selected nursing departments with poor grades from last year's RAE, writes...