Masters of the hunt

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Employment consultancy Saxton Bampfylde Hever has recruited 29 vice-chancellors, 15 higher education college principals and 37 senior university officials. Saxton Bampfylde has found new heads for such crisis-hit universities as Huddersfield, Portsmouth and Bournemouth for a fee of around 35,000 pounds sterling. Director of Saxton Bampfylde's education practice Gavin Mackenzie explains that drawing up a list of possible candidates for a position involves two full-time researchers spending their time on the telephone.

Management, Universities and colleges, Practice, Recruiting, Executive search firms, Saxton Bampfylde Hever

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Scholars threaten to boycott badly run journals

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Young philosophers have threatened to boycott academic journals that do not measure up to certain standards of conduct. The philosophers argue that some journals are sitting on submitted articles for up to three years, preventing publication that can be crucial for career advancement, and that the journals are failing to provide feedback on rejected papers.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Philosophers, Scholarly periodicals, Standards, Demonstrations and protests

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A testimony that you can bank on

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Well-reputed academics are continuing to command high fees for appearing as expert legal witnesses, despite the introduction of new rules governing the use of such witnesses in UK courts in 1999.

Compensation and benefits, Ethical aspects, Witnesses, Evidence, Expert, Expert evidence

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