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From where I sit - 'Right attitude' to the workplace
This year, the graduate job market in Japan is the worst on record. That's the nature of records, of course: they keep being broken. But since the records only began in 1994, it's not that unusual...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
Bucks New UniversityRestorative tonicAn expert furniture restorer to Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace will head a panel at a university conference devoted to the latest trends in...
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The week in higher education
Parents, teachers and admissions officers will be hoping that a little stardust sprinkled by Michelle Obama will achieve what widening-participation initiatives have struggled to do: convince bright...
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2 June 2011
Doctor ‘No Jobs’ - Too many white coats, not enough posts
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THE Scholarly Web
A weekly round-up of the best on the scholarly web
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Leader: Lab bench needs front bench help
The right state formula is needed to tackle the wasteful mismatch between so many trained scientists and so few jobs
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Research intelligence - Bigger, faster, longer
Wellcome chief pleased with outcome of medical trust’s new super-awards. Paul Jump reports
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Do more to embrace the wide world, Nafsa urges North American institutions
The prospects for expanding international higher education opportunities in North America “may seem pretty grim”, but there has never been a more important time to promote them – “for our society and...
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Tara Brabazon: Just-in-case learning, just in time
Education is never wasted, no matter what business leaders say, argues Tara Brabazon
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Grace and disfavour: Willetts earns Oxford and Cambridge no-confidence votes
A campaign for a nationwide vote of “no confidence” in the government’s higher education reforms has been launched by a group of academics and students at the University of Oxford.
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Former London v-c steps up as ill health forces Offa director to stand down
The former vice-chancellor of the University of London, Sir Graeme Davies, has taken over as director for fair access after Sir Martin Harris was forced to step down to undergo treatment for cancer.
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Inside Higher Ed: Rejecting Double Blind
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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RCUK and Hefce step up push for open access
Research Councils UK and the Higher Education Funding Council for England have agreed to work together to advance the transition to open-access publishing of research.