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The week in higher education
• "Stinking rich" colleges at the University of Cambridge are branching out into some unusual commercial activities, according to The Times columnist Richard Morrison, in an article published on 22...
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Raiders of the lost archives
In the age of digitisation, the ‘search’ part of research has become a virtual experience. Although progress has many advantages, John Sutherland laments the end of the scholar-adventurer and the...
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28 June 2012
Flat out - China’s exhaustive - and exhausting - drive for improvement
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Conducting material
Malcolm Gillies on music, leadership and youth
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Odds and quads
These items form part of the records of the Mission to Seafarers, now held by Hull University Archives at the Hull History Centre.
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Edmund Spenser: A Life, by Andrew Hadfield
Willy Maley hails a monumental biography that sets new standards in Renaissance criticism
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MPs warn against copyright exception for data mining
The government should resist changing copyright law to allow free “mining” of data and text in scientific papers, a cross-party group of MPs has said.
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Chinese agent’s C-grade claim sparks Cardiff probe
Cardiff University is investigating reports that a prospective Chinese student was told by a recruitment agent that she could win a place at the institution despite not meeting its entry requirements.
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These applicants may not be the genuine article
More than one in six international students coming to study at universities in the UK have question marks over their “genuineness”, according to the results of Home Office interviews given to a cross...
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Maths-heavy papers put biologists off
Biologists tend to overlook research that is packed with mathematical equations, a study by researchers at the University of Bristol has found.
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Hub aims to make business links pay off
The Council for Industry and Higher Education has announced plans to launch a National Centre for Universities and Business to strengthen links between the two sectors with the aim of driving...
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Inside Higher Ed: Non-tenure-track economics
By Kaustuv Basu for Inside Higher Ed
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‘Gay-friendly’ universities highlighted in Stonewall guide
Stonewall, the equality charity, has published its latest guide to the universities it considers to have the most gay-friendly policies and support for students.
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Ex-minister helps bed in £120m student flats deal
A £120 million deal has been struck with the help of a former higher education minister to build a 2,000-bed student accommodation complex that will serve Newcastle University and the University of...