THE Scholarly Web - 27 February 2014
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Alison Jolly, 1937-2014
An academic expert on lemurs, who fought for conservation through children’s books as well as scientific papers, has died
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News in brief - 27 February 2014
The Russell GroupOsborne unveils UK-China linkGeorge Osborne has announced a programme of collaboration between leading universities in China and the UK’s Russell Group institutions. Speaking to...
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Intelligences probed
Central to the paper by Edward Dutton and Richard Lynn reporting that social scientists are dimmer than physical scientists (“Who’s naturally the smarter?”, 20 February) is an ancient IQ study...
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Boycott’s fallout
An open letter to Sally Hunt, UCUWe are enthusiastic supporters of the principles of unions, whereby workers unite to obtain better conditions for themselves. A good union will act appropriately to...
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Consumer analysis
In response to my article “Higher education is not a fridge, Which? ‘Best Buy’ does not apply” (13 February), Sonia Sodha, head of public services policy at Which?, says that while the lack of...
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It pays to follow the crowd
Re “Crowdfunding ‘could threaten government investment’” (timeshighereducation.co.uk, 19 January). I do not agree with the sentiment that if we raise funds via the public the government might stop...
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The week in higher education - 27 February 2014
US whistleblower Edward Snowden was “humbled” by his election as the University of Glasgow’s rector on 18 February, replacing former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy. Mr Snowden told The...
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Non-EU students attending UK universities
Last month data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency showed the first recorded fall in the number of students from outside the European Union enrolling on UK higher education courses
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Small firms lack resources to make most of open access
SMEs need tools as well as content to pinpoint research ‘nuggets’, says Elsevier chief
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Nerc casts wide net for science funding ideas
Council to seek suggestions from industry and the public on grant award decisions
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Acceptable face of ‘party night’ striptease
One-third of club dancers are now students, and many are middle class
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Bath to welcome Colombian PhD students
University boosts collaboration with ‘neglected’ South America
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Students to stay in dark on teaching qualification data
U-turn on move to publish breakdown of figures by institution after weak data from Hesa exercise
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Campus close-up: Goldsmiths, University of London
London institution is famed for its alloy of art and enterprise