Wikipedia contributors ‘should be proud’
Academics should be proud about the contributions they make to Wikipedia, instead of treating them like a “shameful secret”.
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Firm funds €1 million climate impact research chair
The insurance group AXA has funded a €1 million (£850,000) chair at Imperial College London.
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Former Hefce research director to become v-c
A former director of research at England’s funding council has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University.
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Degree appeal deadlines ‘differ widely’, says Which?
Deadlines to appeal final degree results differ vastly between universities, according to research by the consumer rights charity Which?
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Horizon 2020 agreement reached
The European Union’s next research and innovation funding programme, known as Horizon 2020, looks set to begin on schedule next year
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Monash v-c to lead King’s College London
An Australian vice-chancellor has been named as the new head of King’s College London.
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Senate immigration bill ‘a boost for US universities’
The US Senate has approved an immigration reform bill that could grant students and graduates who were brought into the country illegally as children the right to citizenship.
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Erasmus set to expand under EU deal
The number of EU students participating in the Erasmus scheme is set to almost double.
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Government banks on £10bn sale of student loan book
Announcement comes as new details emerge about increased science capital budget
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YouTube academic among new teaching fellows
A chemistry professor whose lessons have been viewed on YouTube by thousands of students across the world is one of this year’s winners of the Higher Education Academy’s National Teaching Fellowships.
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Graduates join ranks of young non-professionals
More than a third of recent graduates in work are doing jobs that do not require a degree, new figures show.
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‘Big science’, big hype, big mistake
We are paying too high a price for 100,000 genomes more, warns Bill Amos
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New practice in student admissions
The sector will be damaged if integrity in recruitment is lost, says Janet Graham
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The Bourgeois: Between History and Literature by Franco Moretti
Valerie Sanders relishes this considered study of a quietly worthy class of men
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Moocs? They’re a cracking good idea
Anant Agarwal, president of edX, tells Chris Parr about online learning, money - and his egg-selling entrepreneurial past