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2 August 2012
A&E and R&D - Building research into the fabric of the NHS
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Brazil's brightest head to US after failing UK language test
British border bureaucracy thwarts Science Without Borders scheme. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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The week in higher education
Regent's College received glowing praise after it became the latest private institution to secure degree-awarding powers. A leader in The Times on July declared that the award "introduces a welcome...
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Odds and Quads
The main illustration is taken from the Ripley Scroll (one of about 20 surviving copies) held by the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge.Drawing on the work of the author and alchemist...
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QAA logo available to universities as quality mark
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has launched a quality mark to assure students about standards in higher education.
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London 2012 legacy to include medical research centre
The anti-doping facilities serving the London 2012 Games will become a “groundbreaking” research centre into personalised medicine after the Olympics have ended, it has been announced.
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‘Considerable’ support for plan to scrap tariff points
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service’s tariff points scheme is a step closer to being scrapped after a consultation showed there was “considerable” support for the move.
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Physicists have eye on new £1.9m prize
A Russian billionaire and former physicist has awarded nine scientists prizes of $3 million (£1.9 million) each for their work in fundamental physics.
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Inside Higher Ed: Results are in: Harkin releases critical report on for-profits
By Paul Fain for Inside Higher Ed
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Independent HE commission makes call for evidence
The Institute for Public Policy Research has put out a call for evidence for its Commission on the Future of Higher Education in England.
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Honours for those who make learning come alive
Outstanding lecturers and learning-support staff within higher education have been recognised by the sector.
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Keep research away from prying FoIs, say MPs
A cross-party group of MPs has recommended a change in the law to prevent unpublished research data being released under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Degree powers for Regent's College welcomed by Willetts
Regent's College has become the latest private institution to be granted degree-awarding powers, and it now aims to become only the second private university in the UK.