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Queen’s Speech signals libel law ‘guided by public interest, not powerful interests’
But still no sign of higher education bill. Simon Baker and David Matthews report
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Hefce: let’s keep a closer eye on overseas collaborations
Universities’ overseas activities should come under closer scrutiny in the new risk-based quality assurance regime, England’s funding council has proposed.
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Campus Review: Conflicts of interest are not transparent, Australian study finds
By Susan Woodward for Campus Review
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Inside Higher Ed: Tragedy, flexibility, graduation
By Mitch Smith for Inside Higher Ed
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Newport vice-chancellor to step down
The vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport, is to resign from his post for personal reasons at the end of this academic year.
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Scholars challenge OUP’s standards
A group of leading scholars has presented a petition to Oxford University Press calling on the renowned publisher to uphold what it describes as “basic scholarly standards”.
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Bologna not to taste of German critics
Reforms instigated by the Bologna Process are damaging German universities and producing lower-quality graduates, a conference has heard.
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Complex bursaries and waivers leave students on ‘cliff edge’
The different means-tested bursary and fee-waiver schemes introduced by universities to mitigate the impact of higher tuition fees on poorer students will create “further complexity”, including “...
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‘Wanderlust’ is the key factor for studying abroad
Almost a quarter of students and school-leavers in the UK intend to study abroad, with the main motivators being a desire for adventure, plans for an international career or financial worries about...
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Free-range thinkers
Independent scholars can confound, complement and challenge the work of their campus counterparts. Matthew Reisz meets some on the edges of academia whose interests - and prose - are unfettered by...
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Publish - and be damned
When Bernard Porter was persuaded to entrust one of his books to a company he'd not worked with before, he discovered that not all publishers are equal. Caveat emptor, he warns young academics
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Marginal incentive: coalition 'blinks first in game of chicken'
Fees could rise at lower end as pool shrinks, while ABB allows expansion at top. David Matthews writes
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I don't see a plan at all, Lampl says
Government's confused and 'negative' social mobility strategy attacked. Rachel Williams writes
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What Did the Romans Know? An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking
In the Upper Midwest, "What do you know?" generates the reply "Not much. You?" From the Romans, historians of science typically get a similar answer: "warmed-over Greek science". Daryn Lehoux offers...