Lost without translation: scientific research
Accurate scientific translation is vital, say Meredith Root-Bernstein and Richard Ladle
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Problems ahead if tuition fees remain capped, warns v-c
Spiralling costs and frozen domestic income mean that some universities will be ‘completely stuffed’ within three years, claims Anglia Ruskin leader
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Home Office student visa clampdown rocks sector
Fears of further reputational damage after licence suspensions
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Shootings ‘a wake-up call’, says Berkeley chancellor
Welfare and gun checks are part of the shield against campus violence
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Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World, by Gillen D’Arcy Wood
Alison Stokes on a 19th-century volcanic eruption that caused a global climate disaster
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Malaysia changes targets for postgraduates
Government aims to train 60,000 students at postgraduate level over next nine years
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King’s staff vote for strike action over job cuts
Staff at King’s College London are set to take industrial action over planned redundancies in three health schools
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New students ‘have forgotten bulk of A-level knowledge’
Students have forgotten more than half of what they learned in their A levels by their first week of university, a new study says
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QAA launches inquiry into London branch campuses
Announcement follows immigration minister’s statement on student visa crackdown
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Glyndwr visa licence suspended amid Home Office crackdown
Universities of West London and Bedfordshire also told they cannot sponsor new international students
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Labour launches Green Paper on science policy
Labour will use a long-term plan for research funding to help create high-wage jobs, ending “uncertainty” in science policy created by the coalition.
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Universities’ methods are stuck in the past, says Nesta chief
Universities are “overshadowed” by research and teaching methods dating back hundreds of years, stifling innovation, a conference has heard.
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Video gamers offered scholarships by US university
By Charlie Tyson, for Inside Higher Ed
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Heriot-Watt v-c to take over at Australian university
The principal and vice-chancellor of Heriot-Watt University has announced he is leaving his post to take the helm of an Australian university.
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Forecast value of outstanding student loans ‘£330 billion by 2040s’
The value of outstanding student loans owed by graduates will rise to £330 billion in the 2040s