Call to waive fees for Syrians in UK
David Matthews reports on bid to show clemency to PhD students as cash from Damascus dries up
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The Bologna chorus: harmony from two tones of same note
Higher education has room for both high ideals and pragmatism, Matthew Reisz hears in Bologna
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Leader: REF must ensure fair play for all
The focus on world-leading work could turn a generation of unsubmitted researchers into second-class citizens
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From where I sit - Blessed with intellectual roots
Nine years ago, when I started teaching at the European College of Liberal Arts (ECLA) in Berlin - ECLA of Bard since its merger with Bard College last year - I thought I had landed on the moon (I...
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THE Scholarly Web
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11 October 2012
Three cheers for autonomy - The case for a UK Ivy League
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Fifty shades of green
Saving energy is an all-consuming affair for Christopher Bigsby
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The week in higher education
• Being human resources director at much-ridiculed security firm G4S must be difficult, leaving one yearning to work somewhere with a spotless reputation - the University of Oxford, perhaps. Julian...
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Odds and quads
These are among the approximately 200 chairs on display at the University of Helsinki until the end of the year as part of an exhibition titled Seats of Learning.
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Unbound possibilities
Non-profit, scholar-run publisher impresses with its open-access monograph list. Paul Jump reports
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Cambridge issues its £350 million bond
The University of Cambridge has become the latest higher education institution to raise private finance for building projects, announcing the issue of a £350 million bond.
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Experts on receptors win chemistry Nobel Prize
Two US scientists have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies revealing how cells in the human body sense their environment.
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Petition gathers momentum after academic's suspension
More than 1,700 people have signed a petition protesting against the suspension of an internationally-renowned psychology professor at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Quantum pioneers win physics Nobel Prize
Two pioneers of quantum optics, a field that has paved the way for super-fast computing, have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for physics.