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This 18ft red cedar totem pole was commissioned by the University of Plymouth's Centre for Sustainable Futures (CSF).The work reflects the city's connections with the Americas since the time of the...
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Scanners on: gift helps put collections in digital realm
Oxbridge libraries embark on joint digitisation initiatives with donor's aid. Matthew Reisz writes
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Sceptics start to see the other side of Second Life
Study finds virtual learning environments taking off despite dogged hostility. Hannah Fearn reports
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THE World University Rankings
I was disturbed by an email that dropped into my in-box late last month.No, it was not another offer of cheap Viagra, or an announcement that I had won an overseas lottery. It was more unsettling...
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News in brief
IndiaRed tape, blue 'lacuna'The University of Mumbai has been told it must ensure its vice-chancellors have more autonomy from political interference or "lose its glory". Last week, Rajan M. Welukar...
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No-frills university: cheap lessons for an age of austerity
US firm offers cut-price courses to appeal to cash-strapped students. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILInsect Pollinators InitiativeAbout £10 million has been granted to nine UK-based projects to explore the causes and consequences of threats to...
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Blog confidential: Putting the 'vice' in vice-chancellor
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Putting the 'vice' in vice-chancellorI have followed this column for the past few months...
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Appointments
University of East AngliaBob WatsonA professor of environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia, Bob Watson, is one of the winners of this year's Blue Planet Prize, an international...
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'Threshold standards' to be upheld when inspectors call
QAA rolling audits to reassure taxpayers via 'plain English' reports. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Greater transparency: Council exposes social work findings to public scrutiny
Universities that fail to deliver quality social work training to students will be subject to greater intervention in future, the General Social Care Council has warned.In a bid to open its work up...
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Britannia rules the knowledge-transfer waves
A study comparing knowledge transfer on both sides of the Atlantic has debunked the myth that UK universities languish behind their American counterparts when it comes to making money from academic...
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Build body to win hearts and minds
'Money hungry' UK universities need help losing greedy reputation overseas. Simon Baker writes
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News in brief
Academic freedom'Chilling' libel case delayedA libel case in the French courts widely seen as a threat to academic freedom has been postponed until next year. The case was brought by Karin Calvo-...
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Sterling support
If UK business leaders want a highly skilled workforce, they must lend a hand, says Santander's António Horta-Osório