Snouts in the trough
Christopher Belshaw's call for "dispassionate, rational, evidence-based hard thinking" about animals and the natural world reminds me of calls to deal with the financial crisis with more deregulation...
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Ruth Etchells, 1931-2012
Ruth Etchells was born in London on April 1931 and adopted, at the age of 2, by a Congregationalist minister and his wife, who took her to live in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. She was educated at...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
Trinity Laban ConservatoirePride and joyTwo original musical pieces written by an academic took centre stage at the Paralympics opening ceremony. Errollyn Wallen, who teaches composition at Trinity...
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English tuition-fee regime gets thumbs up on mobility
‘Most advanced’ student-support structure in developed world, says OECD. John Morgan reports
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Remains found in search for English king
University archaeologists searching for the resting place of Richard III are grabbing the news headlines after finding human remains.
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No-holds Bard in digital initiative
A major new resource devoted to the writings of "Shakespeare and his immediate contemporaries, antecedents and successors" has been launched by Oxford University Press.
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New verification system uncovers dozens of bogus universities
A degree verification system has uncovered more than 130 bogus UK universities in just three months.
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Which? launches university comparison website
Consumer champion Which? has launched its university comparison website for students.
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Private cash nudges OECD figures up for UK
Higher education investment in the UK as a share of national wealth has increased, but remains lower than that of other developed nations, an annual study has found.
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V-c takes to YouTube in search of heroes
A vice-chancellor has accepted a most unlikely challenge in a bid to raise money for two local charities.
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Inside Higher Ed: Dishonourable conduct?
By Allie Grasgreen, for Inside Higher Ed
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Tory MP attacks Ebdon over latest access comments
The new director of the Office for Fair Access, Les Ebdon, has been accused by an MP of "salivating" at the prospect of handing fines of up to £500,000 to universities that miss targets for widening...
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London Met students could get temporary reprieve
International students at London Metropolitan University could be given a year to continue their course if the institution is given a chance to challenge its recent student visa ban.
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Government pledges £10 million to aid open-access move
The government has pledged an extra £10 million to help the 30 most research-intensive universities manage the transition to full open access.