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Campus round-up
University of LondonSmall screen, big impactLectures from across the constituent colleges of the University of London are now available on iTunes U, following an initiative led by the School of...
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The week in higher education
•The University of Cambridge got more than it bargained for in recruiting a new chancellor. The university put forward Lord Sainsbury, the former science minister and chairman of Sainsbury's, as its...
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Beware the sharp clause
We all lose when scholars forfeit copyright, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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23 June 2011
A sharper tool - Leading UK universities may scrap degree classifications for GPA
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THE Scholarly Web
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Strike at London Met amid unholy row over chaplaincy cuts
Dozens of protesters turned out to protest against job cuts at London Metropolitan University, with chaplaincy posts the latest to come under threat.Members of Unison and the University and College...
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Universities invite private college to step into their 'back office'
The UK’s only for-profit university college is in talks about running the "back-office" functions of publicly funded universities.BPP University College, which offers its own degrees in business, law...
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Picasso pays off for Sydney research
The Picasso masterpiece gifted to the University of Sydney by a mysterious donor has raised over £13 million for the institution's research after being sold at auction.The painting, Jeune fille...
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World renown: scholars respond in droves to reputation survey
The numbers are in: more than 17,500 academics from 137 countries completed the Academic Reputation Survey that will be used to inform the forthcoming 2011-12 Times Higher Education World University...
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University of Wales rapped over links to foreign business school
A university’s process for the validation of foreign partners has “serious shortcomings” and must be tackled as a “matter of urgency”, a report from the standards watchdog has found.The Quality...
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Graduate salaries fall short of student expectations
A large-scale survey has revealed a wide discrepancy between graduate earnings and what students expect to be paid after they finish university.
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Strike looms at London Met as v-c cries foul over role of external parties
Academics and support staff at London Metropolitan University are to strike next week over job cuts and redundancy terms – but the vice-chancellor has criticised the action for coinciding with a Left...
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Branch campuses exploit ‘desperation’ for financial gain, conference hears
Powerful public universities are manipulating the “desperation of people whose university systems [have been] completely demolished” to make a “fortune” from overseas branch campuses, a senior...
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Course closures at LCC disrupted studies and harmed students’ chances, QAA rules
A university’s process for closing courses was “not fit for purpose” and the restructure of one of its colleges had a “detrimental impact” on students as a result, an investigation has found.