Colleges exposed as arms investors
Universities have emerged as major investors in the arms trade in a "name and shame" campaign by a human rights pressure group. Some 49 educational organisations, including universities and...
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Graduate flood 'will lead to crisis over jobs' The massive expansion of universities is turning degrees into "lottery tickets" that offer graduates no guarantee of a good job, the Government has been...
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Survival tactics
Geoffrey Talbot examines the pros and cons of opting out of occupational pension schemes. When your vice chancellor chooses to opt out into a personal pension, start worrying. Presently, managers and...
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Rich should get less funding, says union
Rich universities' assets and private incomes should be taken into account when handing out public money, lecturers' union Natfhe said this week. The move would help close a funding gap in which the...
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How to nurture a nest egg
THES reporters unravel the tangle of pension options facing staff three years after the reorganisation of higher education and examine the barriers to a unified system. In the university business...
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Class of 63 in mass campus exodus
ACADEMICS are retiring in droves while student numbers are rising, it emerged this week. Latest figures from the Higher Education Statistical Agency show the number of posts falling vacant as a...
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Help firms to open up
Universities should teach future captains of industry how to act ethically, says Carol Adams. As business has become internationalised and multinationals have grown to sizes unimaginable a few...
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Honorary degrees
University of Southampton DSc: David Rhind, incoming vice-chancellor of City University, director-general of the Ordnance Survey, visiting professor in the university's department of geography; The...