Google signs agreement with Jisc
Internet giant Google has signed an agreement with Jisc, the higher education technology consortium.
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Computer modelling scientists win chemistry Nobel
Three scientists have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laying the foundations for the computer modelling of chemical processes.
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Commission report calls for private sector regulation
Private providers, including universities’ own offshoots, have been pinpointed as a major risk to English higher education in a new report.
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Oxford v-c says fees should better reflect its ‘16K costs’
The real cost of a University of Oxford education is £16,000 a year and the fees system should be better related to such an amount.
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Higgs and Englert win Nobel Prize
Scientists who developed a theory describing the origin of mass have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for physics.
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Overseas student growth ‘not as high as government hopes’
The number of international students coming to UK universities will grow at a slower rate over the next 13 years than is hoped for by the government.
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OECD report on skills marks down UK
The UK scores poorly in a major study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on adult literacy, numeracy and other key skills.
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Liam Byrne becomes shadow HE minister
Liam Byrne has been made shadow higher education minister in a reshuffle unveiled today by Labour leader Ed Miliband.
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Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine won by cell scientists
Three scientists who elucidated a fundamental process in cell physiology have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.
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Society explored in new magazine
A new monthly online magazine of social research and policy analysis has been launched.
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Higgs tipped for Nobel Prize
Physicist Peter Higgs is prominent among this year’s list of Nobel Prize predictions by Thomson Reuters citation analyst David Pendlebury
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Top 5 major economies with 'corrupt' education systems
A recent report by Transparency International suggested that reductions in the amount of public money allocated to universities is fuelling corruption within higher education systems across the world...
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THE podcast: technology versus tradition
Listen to the podcastUniversity business models of the future and massive open online courses (Moocs) are up for discussion in the first episode in a series of podcasts by Goldsmiths, University of...
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Disabled students ‘still need more help’, says report
Disabled students are calling on universities to do more to help them to access campus facilities.
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Social path through Pasteur’s quadrant
University research is an astonishing force for good in the world, argues Leszek Borysiewicz