THE World University Rankings
An epic effort by our world university rankings data supplier, Thomson Reuters, to collect information from hundreds of universities around the world concluded successfully last week.The rankings...
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Grant winners
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: A. SellaInstitution: University College LondonValue: £114,442The E-word and other chemical storiesAward winner: D. MakrisInstitution:...
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Blog confidential: Disingenuous in the extreme
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
Ohio State UniversityJennifer CrockerAn academic who studies relationships between undergraduates is to continue to gather evidence at first hand in a new teaching role at Ohio State University....
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News in Brief
CanadaCuts result in phone-free zonesBudget cuts at a Canadian university have become so severe that some academics have had their office phones removed. The University of Alberta has suffered...
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University may be given the keys to Citizendium
Outgoing founder of 'scholarly Wikipedia' ponders who will govern the project in future. John Gill writes
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Ireland pours record amount of cash into research
Ireland's prime minister, Brian Cowen, has announced the largest single investment of funding for research ever made in the country.It will amount to EUR360 million (£300 million) over five years,...
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#LoveHE: A spot of juggling
Olympic sportsman, practising lawyer and Lib Dem leader, Menzies Campbell puts it all down to his time at university
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Canadian universities make a play for top international talent
Canada is using its relative economic strength to attract world-class students, scientists and researchers, says Amit Chakma
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Top British institutions in environment and ecology
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-February 2010
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The Week in Higher Education
Filming has started on a university-set comedy featuring a ruthless vice-chancellor, it was reported on 15 July. The Channel 4 series Campus, set at the fictional Kirke University, is due to be...
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The slow road: where PhD success comes late, if at all
Liverpool John Moores and Bedfordshire fall short in delivering results. Paul Jump reports
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Higher education becomes a globally traded commodity as demand soars
A worldwide trend of falling state investment and rising tuition fees will prompt intense competition in the "globally traded commodity" of higher education - and the sector must also prepare for the...
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Over-recruitment bill: £16 million
De Montfort pays the biggest penalty as Hefce confirms grants. Simon Baker writesUniversities and colleges that recruited too many students in 2009-10 will have their grants cut by a total of almost...
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Business secretary moots 'graduate tax' to replace 'poll tax'
Vince Cable's alternative to fees and student loans comes under fire from critics. Simon Baker reports