Funding challenge 'may leave little time to spare' for the 'Big Society'
The threats and opportunities for universities arising from the government's "Big Society" agenda came under scrutiny at a conference at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Council denies neuroscience is target for cuts
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has hit back at accusations that it is singling out neuroscience for cuts.
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Publishers see light in free-for-all vision
Report on increasing access to research papers rejects pay-per-view proposal, writes Paul Jump
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NUS opts for moderate voices and choices over Left turns
Cooler heads prevail at the student union's annual convention, reports Sarah Cunnane
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News in brief
South AfricaNot in my nameTwo South African universities have vowed to prosecute anyone found to have used a bogus degree issued in their name. The universities of Johannesburg and Cape Town acted...
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Our first duty is to the future, not to government, rectors say
Disregard diktats and focus on your core missions, universities told. Hannah Fearn reports from Aarhus
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Pick a book, any book
Shocked by his students' great reluctance to read, Nicholas Morton sought a way to get them hooked on the habit
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Diary
LondonChouf OuchoufIn the medina of Tangiers, people live 10 to a house and it's easy to be overlooked. If you don't shout, you'll never be heard; if you don't push to the front, you'll never be seen...
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The Pick - Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
Credit: Untitled (from The Brave Ones series)/Zwelethu Mthethwa/Jack Shainman GalleryFigures & Fictions: Contemporary South African PhotographyVictoria and Albert Museum, LondonPhotography has...
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'It's the system what done it' - Dave
The two men in sole charge of our university maintenance, "Dave" and "Vince", have admitted that they are dealing with the university's pressing infrastructural crisis by "largely making things up as...
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Leader: Ape market or come together?
The peaceable bonobo, not the aggressive chimp, may offer a better model for human origins and the sector's development
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Tweet sensations
Tim Birkhead finds a valuable lesson in the story of the bullfinch trainers
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Research intelligence - Flowering in the sandpit
Enthusiastic response to UK-US 'ideas lab' may see photosynthesis research blossom. Paul Jump reports
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The week in higher education
David Willetts has supposedly transformed from true blue to scourge of the middle classes in recent months, and changes to student support arrangements unveiled on 14 April sparked renewed fury from...
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From where I sit - A hub of global ambition
Several factors have helped Kazakhstan grow rapidly in the two decades that it has been an independent country, among them abundant natural resources and proximity to large markets in Europe and Asia...