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United StatesAppeal against jock rapAn American university is appealing against sanctions imposed after some of its star athletes were given test answers in advance to help them pass courses. The...
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Row flares up over Turkey's 'censorship' of Darwin
Government denies threat to academic freedom as editor is sacked over evolution piece, writes John Gill
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Call for help after records lost in Cologne collapse
When a six-storey building in Cologne collapsed into a new subway tunnel being drilled beneath its foundations earlier this month, the story made headlines worldwide.For the press, the main interest...
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Research management must walk before it runs
The profession must take small steps to build its standing, a study has found. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThirteen projects have been awarded more than £300,000 of financial support under the Science and Heritage Research Clusters Scheme, which is jointly funded by the...
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A positive hear! hear!
Amid the gloom at the MPs' inquiry, Bob Burgess is cheered by support for a scheme to record student achievement
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Our learned foreign friends no longer seem to be welcome here
Our new immigration rules will have to be revised if we do not want to endanger our collaborative research culture, warns Mathias Brust
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Universities must step in to reverse atrophy of A-level physics standards
Higher education bodies should reconnect with examining boards to boost scientific literacy and ensure undergraduates are better prepared, says Alan Wilson
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Let's repair the damage
The RAE's limited concept of research must be broadened to restore integrity to academic work, writes Roger Brown
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The week in higher education
- Having been commissioned by Gordon Brown to investigate threats to children online, Tanya Byron, the chancellor of Edge Hill University, may feel she can get away with a cheeky comment. Or maybe...
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Watchdog considers 'more intensive' inspection regime
QAA boss says public must be reassured about university standards, writes Rebecca Attwood
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London Met offers reassurances to s taff after v-c's sudden exit
'No threat' to the university's future, says chair of the board of governors. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Giddens trumps Marx but French thinkers triumph
Their books may not challenge J.K. Rowling's in the bestseller lists, but what they lack in appeal as a holiday read, they more than make up for in terms of scholarly interest.A list published today...
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Remark about department's absence excised from report
An official report on the strength of research in Middle Eastern and African studies has been edited to remove references to a university's failure to submit in that category in the research...
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RAE panel hurt field by labelling it 'weak'
Critics blame judgment for the possible closure of politics departments. Melanie Newman reports