8 October 2009
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The world today: 07/10/09
Higher education news from around the globe
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Government lines up money for six new university towns, but 17 areas lose out
Delight as Somerset, Crawley, Milton Keynes, Swindon, Thurrock and the Wirral are chosen to receive funding for campuses
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Call for overhaul of research funding to help Europe keep pace with China and India
Striving for excellence in universities to achieve a new renaissance is the only choice, says report to European Commission. Zoë Corbyn reports
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The insecure scholar: My name badge is about to let me down again
Our new weekly online blog on the daily struggles, petty indignities and insecurities of an academic life on casual contracts
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Tory plans for ‘emergency fund’
Early repayment of student loans mooted to finance university expansion. Hannah Fearn reports
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The impotence of good English: it’s a piratical issue
Imperial scholar finds that in terms of spelling and grammar, foreign students know best. Rebecca Attwood reports
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SFC announces teaching-finance overhaul
Council plans to slash funding bands, raising the possibility of cuts in some subjects. Hannah Fearn reports
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UK urged to pursue ‘diversity’ by cherrypicking US system
Cambridge v-c believes selective policy adoption would strengthen UK higher education. By Melanie Newman
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Film review: Creation
Tim Birkhead witnesses Darwin’s anguish as he struggles with personal conflict and loss and the weight of the world’s most powerful idea
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China ousts UK in academic research ranking
UK loses second place in publication output volume, but share of citations increases
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New definition of ‘legal battle’
Fights break out as Brunel law students queue overnight to avoid unpopular supervisors in first-come, first-served system. Melanie Newman reports
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Book of the week: The Idea of Justice
Alex Danchev is bowled over by an impassioned discussion of reason and humanity
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Saving Kyoto - An Insider's Guide to the Kyoto Protocol
Anthony Giddens feels the authors have looked at carbon trading through rose-tinted glasses
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The Communal Gadfly - Jews, British Jews and the Jewish State: Asking the Subversive Questions
Some things live to be ephemeral: morning glories, cabbage white butterflies and newspaper columns. So it was with apprehension that I faced this collection of op-ed columns from The Jewish Chronicle...