NUS tends £5 million green fund
A student project to create an “edible campus” is among the beneficiaries of a £5 million fund from England’s funding council.
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Penguin experts fly to Bristol
Penguins seldom come to Britain, it is said, because they are afraid of Wales.
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Private college strikes overseas student deal with universities
A London-based private provider is to offer pathway programmes with a consortium of Northern universities, enabling international students to get on to degree courses
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LSBU to take orders from Phoenix
London South Bank University has announced that its new vice-chancellor will be David Phoenix, current deputy vice-chancellor at the University of Central Lancashire.
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‘Vagina anxiety’ cover pulled from student paper
The latest edition of the University of Sydney students’ newspaper has been pulled from sale following concerns that its cover featuring 18 students’ vaginas could break obscenity laws
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Academics invited to save the world
Students, young academics, professionals and entrepreneurs are being encouraged to present fixes to some of the world’s most pressing challenges - in three minutes.
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Ulster scholar joins Jolie on humanitarian A-list
It is not often that academics are mentioned in the same breath as Angelina Jolie and George Clooney for their humanitarian work, but for one University of Ulster academic, this unlikely scenario has...
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THE books podcast: Richard Williams interview
Download the podcastOur sixth Books podcast features Richard J. Williams, author of Sex and Buildings: Modern Architecture and the Sexual Revolution, this week’s Times Higher Education Book of the...
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Obama plans college ranking to lower tuition
The US government is to develop a new system of ranking colleges and universities in a bid to ensure the “best value” institutions have access to the most federal funding.
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Open access gains ground
Half of scientific papers published in 2011 can be accessed online for free, a new study has suggested.
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Data miners strike gold on copyright
In a significant victory for data miners, the open access publisher BioMed Central is to waive all copyright over datasets it publishes.
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Russell Group warning on GCSEs
The Russell Group has warned that private school pupils are more likely than state school counterparts to choose science and languages subjects at GCSE, which could give them an advantage in...
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THE podcast: 22 August 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe lack of female university vice-chancellors, Clearing 2013, and academics working late into the night and over weekends are all up for discussion in this week’s Times Higher...
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Concern at proposed passport checks by landlords
Home Office bid would set huge hurdles for overseas students seeking private rentals, warns UKCISA
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