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October enews: VC's views on funding landscape

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Reporter Extra: funding landscape

Read the Vice-Chancellor's views on higher education funding and the implications it has for the University.

http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/extra

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VC's statement on research funding

The Vice-Chancellor also issued a press statement yesterday commenting on the future of research funding.

http://bit.ly/vcresearch

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USS pensions consultation

Consultation regarding changes to the USS scheme will commence officially on 20 October 2010. A detailed consultation pack will be sent to all active scheme members, prospective members and their representatives prior to this date.

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/comms/e_news/october10/uss.html

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Higher Education League Tables

The Higher Education league table 'season' has come to an end. Dr David Belk of the Academic Planning and Performance Office has produced a report summarising the results and looking at possible future trends.

http://reporter.leeds.ac.uk/extra

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New Director of IT

Rhys Davies is the new Director of IT at the University. Rhys comes to us from a substantially retail background, having worked with several major companies including Asda, Morrisons and Tesco and, most recently, with Unipart and William Hill.

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The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery

Details of all next year's exhibitions and October workshops are now available online at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/gallery/