Campus round-up
Nottingham Trent UniversityBuilding on an iconic pastSir David Attenborough has officially reopened two iconic university buildings. Nottingham Trent University's striking 1950s Newton Building and...
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Odds and quads
This Tippa model typewriter, silver fountain pen inscribed with the letter J, carved wooden box with record-player needles, brass knuckleduster and pipes made by Allen & Wright were all found in...
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26 May 2011
Don’t look back, look forward - David Willetts explains why change is both necessary and beneficial
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Mis-sent email’s killer line shocks student union officer
The chairman of the board of governors at London Metropolitan University has responded to a complaint from a students’ union officer by advising the vice-chancellor to “kill her with information and...
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The 2000th issue super duper competition extravaganza
Are you are a fan of: Glitz? Glamour? Free booze?
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Not such a capital idea: MPs critique London site for research centre
The Commons Science and Technology Committee has questioned the decision to locate the new UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in central London.
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Hefce help crucial for vital but vulnerable subjects, report finds
The provision by universities of “strategically important and vulnerable” subjects such as mathematics, science and modern languages would have suffered if the funding council had not intervened with...
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Student complaints watchdog to name and shame two institutions
Two universities have failed to comply with decisions made by the student complaints watchdog, in the first such instances, a cross-party group of MPs has heard.
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Inside Higher Ed: Full court press
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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Higher fees a major impediment to higher study, poll finds
Fears about the future of postgraduate study in the UK have been raised by a survey which suggests that many current students would not embark on postgraduate study if they had to pay undergraduate...
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Liverpool invests £600m in facilities
The University of Liverpool has announced plans to invest £600 million in its facilities, with £250 million of that sum going towards new student accommodation.
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BIS advises Europe to go green for growth
European Union funding for research and innovation should be more focused on green growth, according to a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report.
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Midlands giant visits Windy City to learn from Midwest peers
The University of Birmingham sent senior administrators to two US institutions for a “transatlantic summit” as part of its preparations for the UK’s more market-oriented funding regime.
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Need a chancellor? Best knock on Sainsbury’s door
Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the businessman and former science minister, has been nominated by the University of Cambridge to succeed the Duke of Edinburgh as chancellor after the royal stands down...