RAE triggers headhunt race

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Universities in the United Kingdom are for the first time making use of the services of professional headhunters in order to fill positions such as faculty heads and research professorships. Previously these services had only been used to recruit vice-chancellors but as the market has become more competitive institutions are having to fight to secure the best people.

Personnel administration, College teachers, College faculty, Recruiting, Industry hiring, Scholars

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Key subjects risk axe as metrics augur cash cuts

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Key disciplines could face the axe in universities struggling financially if the government moves ahead with plans for a new metrics-based assessment of research, according to academics. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has sparked anxiety with the publication of five metrics models which could replace the RAE after 2008.

Curricula

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Rifts threaten unified voice

Article Abstract:

The Campaigning for Mainstream Universities (CMU) group is facing possible mutiny and research-focused institutions are allying themselves more closely as the battle lines in UK academia shift. Sheffield Hallam University has resigned its membership of the CMU and other universities are considering doing the same.

Political aspects, Academia

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