V-c quits over Australian admissions scandal
The vice-chancellor of an Australian university is to step down along with his deputy over “irregularities” that helped a close relative to secure a place at the institution.
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Assessing impact at proposal stage ‘absurd’
The Astronomer Royal has called for a system of scientific research funding which puts far less stress on “improving efficiency in the ‘office management’ sense” and sets out to “maximize the chance...
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Teacher training reforms to cut loose universities operating in isolation
Universities that do not demonstrate “extensive school involvement” in their initial teacher training provision may cease to be able to offer such courses.
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Thousands prepare to march as protest leaders denounce police tactics
Thousands of students are due to march through London on 9 November in a “day of action” coordinated by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts.
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New chief executive appointed by Jisc
Higher education’s IT body has announced a new head as it looks to respond to severe cuts in central funding.
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Twenty seven ask to cut fees to allow expansion
A total of 27 universities and colleges have applied to lower their tuition fees in 2012-13 so they can compete for some of the 20,000 cut-price places being created by the government.
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Inside Higher Ed: Global marketplace
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Prospects brighten for graduates seeking work
Graduate unemployment has fallen for the first time since the start of the recession, according to a report published today.
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Open-access science journal leaves editing to the experts
A new open-access life and biomedical sciences journal, conceived with the aim of transforming research communication and speeding up the publication process, has announced its title and editorial...
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Scottish internationalism: Salmond welcomes Heriot-Watt’s Dubai campus
A Scottish university has opened a new £35 million campus in Dubai aimed at the United Arab Emirates job market.Heriot-Watt University, which earlier this year unveiled a global strategy that it...
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Democratic experiments
Science affects everyone on the planet, so how and to what extent should the public help set its agenda? Jon Turney looks to the notion of vox populi research for some ideas
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Stranger Magic: Charmed States and The Arabian Nights
A celebrated internationalist's capacity for wonder adds lustre to a literary treasure, says Fred Inglis
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The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics after the Fall
Colin Crouch considers a passionate plea to end the corporate lobbyists' stranglehold on the US economy
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Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age
Kenneth Goldsmith thinks literature "is in a rut, tending to hit the same note again and again, confining itself to the narrowest of spectrums, resulting in a practice that has fallen out of step and...
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Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology
I find it difficult to think about Plato and ecology without recalling Val Plumwood's remarkable 1993 book, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. For me the chapter entitled "Plato and the philosophy...