Ludwik Finkelstein, 1929-2011
Ludwik Finkelstein survived exile in Siberia at an early age to become one of the longest-serving members of staff at City University London and a noted engineer.Professor Finkelstein was born in...
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Campus round-up
Coventry UniversityAcademy al frescoA sustainable £32 million student services building has been opened, featuring natural ventilation and solar water heating. Coventry University officially opened...
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Odds and quads
This collection of 29 horses' teeth was assembled by Louis Auzoux (1797-1880), a French doctor who made models of humans, animals and plants for use in teaching medicine and anatomy.
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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29 September 2011
A necessary intervention - How to revive UK life sciences
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‘What about the common good?’ Chaplains respond to White Paper
Forty university chaplains have signed a letter criticising the coalition government’s White Paper for seeing higher education in “highly individual” terms.
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Date set for strike at Middlesex
Two unions are set for strike action at Middlesex University over job cuts that some claim could reduce the workforce by 15 per cent.
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University of London v-c to step down
The vice-chancellor of the University of London has announced he is stepping down just one year into the post.
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Scottish university to offer three year degrees to help students cut costs
The University of Dundee is to introduce three year degrees to appeal to debt-shy undergraduates from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Political parties wrangle over facts and figures in Labour’s £6k fees plan
Labour’s plan to cap tuition fees at £6,000 would be of greatest benefit to graduates in their 50s earning £72,500 a year, according to an analysis.
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Inside Higher Ed: ‘Irvine 11’ found guilty
By Libby A. Nelson, for Inside Higher Ed
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Labour proposes £6k fee cap, but Conservatives smell a U-turn
The Labour Party would reduce the annual tuition fee cap to £6,000 if it were in power, Ed Miliband has said, in an apparent move away from favouring a graduate tax.
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Funding bodies stump up cash in open access agreement
Three European funding agencies have signed an open access funding agreement with journal publisher Wiley-Blackwell.
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Pressure on EPSRC mounts over ‘shaping capabilities’ programme
Six leading scientific bodies, including the Royal Society, have urged the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to reconsider its controversial “shaping capability” measures.