Cambridge slated for being too soft on staff

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Managers at Cambridge University are too cautious in handling underperforming academics and administrators, according to an internal report for the university. The report concluded that there is a widespread perception that the university's personnel division is averse to taking risks in the management of staff and that while decisions should be made in the light of current employment law and practice, "the efficiency of the university's teaching and research should be the primary consideration".

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Personnel administration, Colleges and universities, Business Personnel Management, Human resource management, Reports, Universities and colleges, Discipline, College teachers, College faculty, Company personnel management, University of Cambridge

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Entry test tackles class bias

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Evidence that university admissions tests can assist in the identification of talented sixth-firm students across social classes is to be published by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate in autumn 2004. The figures will add weight to final recommendations to be made by the Schwartz review of admissions, which is expected to endorse the use by universities of a common test of potential.

Product information, Testing, College admissions

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'Campus vote' could count

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Students and academics could decide the fate of at least 10 marginal parliamentary constituencies in the upcoming general election in the UK. Of the 10 seats, eight are held by Labour, with the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party each holding one.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Elections, Forecasts and trends, Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis

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