News in brief - 10 July 2014
Vice-chancellors鈥 payGoldsmiths gives students a sayA London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to join the panel that decides its vice-chancellor鈥檚 pay. A student will now...
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Swansea staff accused of being stuck in the 1960s
Dean Nigel Piercy is accused of 鈥榰ndermining鈥 academics鈥 confidence with his outspoken view
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Analysis: Slow progress on recognition of teaching excellence
More universities introduce teaching professorships but rewards still lag behind those for research
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The right to be unpopular
Universities need to be careful about equating academic freedom and outspoken opinions with employee misconduct
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Toughest teaching challenges
We asked scholars about the topics they find hardest to teach
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Named but not shamed
Christopher Beedham makes excellent points in his insightful letter about the managerial blight that now paralyses UK universities (鈥淎聽vote to leave the market鈥, Letters, 3聽July).There is, I feel,...
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King鈥檚 updates at-risk staff via external forum
Use of comments section of 色盒直播鈥檚 website to apprise staff of revised redundancy plans defended
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Heavenly low-exhaust cars: 色盒直播 exam howlers competition
Malapropisms fuel the nominations for the best of this year鈥檚 exam bloopers
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Salaries of high-earning professors may be disclosed
ICO rules that there is 鈥榩ublic interest in transparency and openness鈥 in case involving King鈥檚 College London
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The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter, by Katherine Freese
Virginia Trimble on the search for the mysterious, magical secret ingredient of the universe
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SLC chairman offered to step down over 鈥楽mith Lawson鈥 letters
But Vince Cable did not accept Christian Brodie鈥檚 resignation
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Labour launches 鈥榯echnical degrees鈥 policy
The Labour Party will introduce new 鈥渢echnical degrees鈥 if it is elected at next May鈥檚 general election.
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Research heavyweights break cover on Scottish independence
Sir Paul Nurse, Lord Stern and Sir John Tooke warn that UK-split would damage research effort
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Lawyer compares Suarez bite to academic 'outspoken opinion'
Blog posting revised after Twitter storm
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Texas Austin president Bill Powers battles 鈥楯uly 4 coup鈥
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed