Cambridge centre for postdocs opens
The University of Cambridge has opened a new postdoctoral centre for early career researchers.
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QAA investigating private college at centre of public funds row
But also emerges that watchdog passed LSST for educational oversight last September
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Twelve technologies set to revolutionise higher education in Australia...and beyond
Report identifies emerging technologies likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in tertiary institutions across Australia
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Glasgow School of Art fire prompts anguish
There has been widespread dismay from artists, students and politicians after the listed Mackintosh building of the Glasgow School of Art caught fire
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Institute of English Studies planned closure put on hold
‘Wider range of options’ to be explored by University of London
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IOP launches ‘offsetting’ scheme to cut cost of open access
A publisher has launched a pilot with 21 UK universities to reduce their subscription costs in proportion to the amount of open access fees they pay
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Nottingham apologises after personal data leak
The University of Nottingham has had to apologise for accidentally releasing personal data to around 13,000 people.
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‘Place-hacker’ prosecution ‘attack on intellectual freedom’
Oxford academic at centre of case says ‘clearly punitive investigation’ undermined ethnographic research
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Watchdog called in on private college use of student loans
The UK’s public spending watchdog has been asked to investigate possible misuse of public money in the student loans system by for-profit colleges.
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Oxford students’ union breaks NUS link
The University of Oxford has become the latest higher education institution to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students.
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UCL and IoE merger on track for December
Governing councils give the green light to look at detail of deal
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Saskatchewan president fired after sacked professor row
A Canadian university president at the centre of a row about the sacking of a professor who spoke out about planned cuts has been dismissed.
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THE podcast: 22 May 2014 issue review
Download the podcastAre final salary pensions coming to an end? And will plans to simplify the approval process for research carried out within the NHS work? These are among the issues discussed in...
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Bart Moore-Gilbert: the truth about my father
A postcolonial scholar began a troubling quest after learning about his father’s role in counterinsurgency in India
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Who says innovators have to be young?
Academics hit their creative peak in their fifties. Amanda Goodall and John Montgomery say universities must adapt