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Shellard backs bid to save student opportunity fund
A vice-chancellor has backed those fighting to save funding for poorer students that is under extra pressure now research money is said to be “safe”
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The UK's 100 leading practising scientists
A list of the UK’s 100 leading practising scientists has been published to highlight the many talents of this diverse community
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THE books podcast: Trevor Cox interview
Source: University of Salford, ManchesterDownload the podcastTrevor Cox, professor of acoustic engineering at the University of Salford, in conversation with Times Higher Education books editor Karen...
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MP questions worth of degree
Frank Field points to comparison with pay for those working after apprenticeships
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Immigration policy to come under Lords microscope
Peers to look at whether damage is being done to universities
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Live stream: US president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama
Live stream has now endedAt 4:20pm (GMT) on 16 January 2014, US president Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama addressed a White House summit on higher education.The event was set up to...
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Overseas student total falls ‘for first time’ as Indian numbers collapse
The number of non-EU students at UK universities fell by 1 per cent last year, the first such decline ever recorded.
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THE podcast: 16 January 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe subjects that students have favoured (and forsaken) in the past 15 years, dishonesty in university prospectuses, and the problem of analysing big data feature in this week’s...
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THE Scholarly Web - 16 January 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Boris Magasanik, 1919-2013
A pioneer in the field of bacterial gene regulation who forged the Massachusetts Institute of Technology into a leader in biological research has died
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Grant winners - 16 January 2014
Royal SocietyUniversity Research FellowshipsAward winner: Constantinos PapageorgakisInstitution: Queen Mary University of LondonValue: £440,397Using Yang-Mills theory to understand objects with five...
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World in brief - 16 January 2014
United StatesCourt stymies NYU expansionA leading US university has seen half of its building expansion plans unexpectedly blocked in court. A state judge announced last week that New York University...
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News in brief - 16 January 2014
Doctoral training centresIt pays to recycleAt least 19 additional centres for doctoral training in engineering and science were announced by universities and science minister David Willetts on 9...
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