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Campaign launched to challenge EPSRC 'diktats'
The head of a new protest group campaigning for reform of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has called for its chief executive, David Delpy, to take action or step down
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Thinktank attacks 'perverse incentive' on overseas students
Including students in net migration statistics creates a “perverse incentive” for the government to drive down foreign student numbers even though this does relatively little to cut long-term...
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Inside Higher Ed: Playing Politics With Poli Sci
By Doug Lederman for Inside Higher Ed
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Side effects? Nobody said anything about side effects…
Researchers into complementary and alternative medicine are disregarding “basic rules of publication ethics” by routinely failing to report the potentially serious side effects of treatments, an...
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It’s good to talk: poll points to wise counsel
Almost 60 per cent of graduates who received counselling at university say it played a vital role in supporting their academic work, a poll has found.
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Matchmakers invited to share £100 million research partnership pot
Universities will be able to bid for up to £35 million in matched public funding for major research capital projects as part of a new programme, the government has announced.
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Aberdeen decides against alternative medicine chair
A university has decided against a controversial proposal to establish a chair in a brand of alternative medicine that advocates mistletoe as a cure for cancer.
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UK is 10th among best global environments for universities
The UK has been placed 10th in a ranking of the world’s best higher education systems, with the US topping the list.
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Executive overdrive
Do vice-chancellors have too many plates in the air? Times Higher Education's annual survey of pay in the academy looks at the additional roles the sector's leaders take on. In an era of pay...
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Sea turtles homing in on China must swim against academic tide
Scholars returning after years in Western universities can struggle to assimilate. Carolynne Wheeler writes
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Keep health checks for all, Hefce tells quality consultation
Funding body would prefer to retain full reviews for every institution. John Morgan reports
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Oversight of private providers is introduced as state-funded loans soar
Ministers have introduced a system of "due diligence checks" for private higher education providers, it has emerged, as new figures show that the number of their students accessing state-funded loans...
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Scholar's paper doesn't add up
'No scientific content' the sticking point as second mathematics treatise is retracted. Paul Jump writes
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KAUST head to underline role in job creation
The president of a flagship research university in Saudi Arabia will emphasise his institution's role in creating jobs for the country's burgeoning youth population in the Higher Education Policy...