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Teaching fundingIt looks down, but it’s up: HefceEngland’s funding council has unveiled the sector’s total funding for 2013-14, stating that funding per student is on the rise. On 7 February the...
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Willetts 'should have done open-access homework'
‘Summer reading lists’ no basis for policy, says don
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14 February 2013
High-speed, unplanned - Is open access suffering from a lack of joined-up thinking?
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From where I sit - English imperialism
The practical reality for many German academics and researchers is that publishing in English is becoming progressively more vital for their careers. However, some German linguists are railing...
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Cake mystery resolved
Our Head of Marketing, Graham Flair, has explained the logic behind the news that many universities (including Poppleton) have increased their marketing spend by as much as 22 per cent and plan still...
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Valentine’s Day romcoms - with a twist
Davina Quinlivan looks beyond Hollywood to offbeat indie films’ world of dogs, robots, dolls and true love against the odds
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Mustn't ask, mustn't tell
David Erdos believes a bid to tighten European data protection will have a chilling impact on social science and humanities research
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The servant of two masters: knowledge and news cycles
Maintaining scholarly rigour amid demands for details about the discovery of Richard III was no easy task, but Lin Foxhall enjoyed it
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Hesa data show decline in technician numbers
Managerial staff one of few growth areas in HE employment
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THE podcast: 14 February 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanRichard III, open access and the German REF are among the topics covered on this week’s THE podcast issue review. Chris Parr is joined by reporters Paul Jump, David Matthews...
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Is open-access publishing fools' gold?
Open-access publishing, once a niche preoccupation, is now a hot-button issue. But concern is growing that unintended consequences of new publication mandates will cost individual scholars and the UK...
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On Glasgow and Edinburgh by Robert Crawford
Willy Maley identifies an old-fashioned charm in the telling of a tale of two rival, divided cities
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Obama unveils major HE policy changes
US president Barack Obama has said that taxpayers “cannot continue to subsidise higher and higher and higher costs of higher education” in his annual State of the Union Address, and published...
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Aberystwyth to re-launch 'pioneering' course after lack of interest
Aberystwyth University is to re-launch a “pioneering” master’s degree that was withdrawn after it failed to attract any students.
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Sussex sit-in gathers celebrity support
A student occupation at the University of Sussex is gathering momentum with more than 100 people signing a statement supporting its aims.