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This "flying machine" is suspended from the ceiling of the Athena Building in Teesside University, where it forms part of a suite of 26 pieces called Dream Migration.
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‘Record’ boost to EPSRC doctoral grants
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is to invest a record amount of money into its doctoral training grants in 2012-13.
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Funding bodies push for team effort on bids
Researchers are being “strongly encouraged” by state-sponsored funding bodies to consider whether their bids could be strengthened by collaborating with other groups and institutions.
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Students walk out over university policy
Students are taking part in a national walkout at campuses across the UK today as part of a “week of action” calling on the government and universities to “come clean” on their plans for higher...
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Overseas student numbers ‘to rise by 30,000’
Overseas student numbers are set to rise by 10 per cent over the next decade, a British Council study has said.
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Thomson Reuters announces launch of third annual Academic Reputation Survey
Over 200,000 academics are currently being invited to provide their expert opinion for the world’s biggest survey of university reputations.
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Russell Group expansion leaves 1994 Group short
The universities of Durham, Exeter, York and Queen Mary, University of London, have joined the Russell Group, it has been announced.
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Inside Higher Ed: No kidding: birth control and college completion
By Paul Fain, for Inside Higher Ed
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Hefce still cautious despite ‘record’ surpluses for universities
Measures of the financial health of universities are the “best on record” but the sector faces “a large degree of uncertainty” in future, according to England’s funding council.
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University is about job prospects, say parents
Only a quarter of parents believe the primary purpose of university is to broaden children’s minds, according to a new survey.
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Student finds historic letter from women's rights campaigner
A PhD student at the University of St Andrews has discovered a letter pleading with the institution to allow women to study medicine and written by one of the pioneers of the fight to allow female...
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Former head of energy giant approved as EPSRC chair
The former head of energy firm E.ON UK will become chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council after his appointment was approved by MPs.
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University fees tipping point reached
Tuition fees and education contracts took over from funding body grants as the most important income source for UK universities in the most recent full academic year, according to the latest...
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Fee cap frozen for English universities
The maximum tuition fees that can be charged by universities in England are to be frozen at £9,000 for the 2013-14 academic year, the government has announced.
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Satisfaction and its discontents
The National Student Survey puts pressure on lecturers to provide 'enhanced' experiences. But, argues Frank Furedi, the results do not measure educational quality and the process infantilises...