UUK strives to avoid science/social spending dilemma
UUK aims to defend science and social mobility funds from spending review. John Morgan writes
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Great and good reject journal impact factor
The Wellcome Trust and the Higher Education Funding Council for England are among the bodies calling for the use of the journal impact factor in funding, appointment and promotion decisions to be...
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Clever accounting: our gift to the world
Willetts adviser says coalition approach to finance may shape global academy. John Morgan reports
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Clocking off early
The Quality Assurance Agency is to issue new guidance on student workloads after research found that English undergraduates study for only three-quarters of the hours it recommends.A report by the...
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Titanic victory
Russell Group member is first to successfully appeal against full QAA review. Jack Grove reports
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The week in higher education - 16 May 2013
“Me, ugly? My Jimmy Choos make me feel BEAUTIFUL,” ran the headline in the Daily Mail’s Femail section on 9 May, above an article by Mary Beard, professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge,...
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Nul points for agency standard
The gulf between the QAA benchmark on study time and the hours students put in raises questions about its judgement
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Willetts adviser lauds ‘clever accounting’
Nick Hillman says coalition approach to finance may shape global academy
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Whale of an evolutionary time
Patricia Piccinini’s Sky Whale, created by Cameron Balloons in Bristol, was inspired by the artist’s reflections on evolution
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Cash for R&D or wider access? UUK wants both
Body defends science and social mobility funds from spending review
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UCU Left’s call to go for growth decried as ‘gamble’
Arguments intensify over union’s austerity plans in run-up to congress
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Academia must convince BIS on capital funding for research
UK universities must form business partnerships to demonstrate the need for public investment. By Elizabeth Gibney
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Dodgy scholars' sick notes and scapegoats
The excuses academics use to explain away fraudulent research results
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US-style GPA is one numbers game too many, NUS argues
National Union of Students and businesses say stick to the Hear
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News in brief - 16 May 2013
Unistats websiteHefce report spots local difficultiesA report on the first year of the Unistats website, which gives prospective students information on course fees, graduate salaries and other data...