Campus round-up
Birkbeck, University of LondonBlazing a trailTwo academics have visited the Costa Rican jungle to help launch a new qualification. The postgraduate certificate in international field leadership...
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Give them enough rope
Performance arts students at Edge Hill University are the first in the country to be offered modules in "bungee-assisted aerial performance". The university introduced the modules, which embrace "...
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News in brief
United StatesFee 'compassion' for illegal aliensIllegal immigrants who graduate from state high schools after attending for at least three years may carry on paying the lower tuition fees charged by...
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Europe is told to relearn the ABCs of quality assurance
Experts see challenges in ensuring standardisation while not stifling innovation. Matthew Reisz reports
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Continental shift: closer Africa-Europe links urged
Cooperation between European and African universities must become a political priority, according to higher education leaders.Ahead of a meeting in Libya between politicians from the two continents,...
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Grant winners
European Research CouncilStarting grant competition - life sciencesAlmost €580 million (£491 million) has been awarded by the ERC in its third starting grant competition, via awards of up to €2...
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Blogconfidential: Mission creep
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Mission creep
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Appointments
NUBS ChinaCarl FeyFor many business scholars, their expertise derives from years of hard graft in the academy, but Carl Fey took a different route. The American academic, who has been appointed dean...
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Trust and simplify
MEP and academic Maria da Graça Carvalho outlines the EU's response to demands to streamline research funding bureaucracy
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The Week in Higher Education
More than 200,000 candidates missed out on a place at university this year. However, figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service also show successful applicants from the poorest...
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New model grants: fund the chosen few
Scientists sound creativity warning as councils look to concentrate cash. Paul Jump reports
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Global crackdown on immigration threatens to dam the knowledge flow
Political manoeuvring over immigration is set to stunt academic progress worldwide, governments have been warned.In the UK, the coalition administration plans to slash the number of students admitted...
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Two-front attack on 'new atheists'
Archbishop and Marxist challenge Dawkins et al's 'off-the-peg enlightenment'. Matthew Reisz writes
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UCU to consider strike over jobs and pensions
Lecturers are to be asked to move towards national strike action over jobs and pensions, amid mounting anger about cuts that could result in "the implosion of the entire sector".The University and...
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Show the sandals out, the suits will save you
Janet boss says that it is time for universities to call in the professionals. Simon Baker reports