MRC cash boost gives researchers new hope
The Medical Research Council took a major step towards winning back a disgruntled research community with last week's unveiling of a radical overhaul of its funding system, which includes the return...
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Serial appliers could be shamed
Universities could be named and shamed if they make too many unsuccessful research council grant applications, it emerged this week, writes Anna Fazackerley. Research Councils UK, the umbrella body...
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Flaws in marking revealed by QAA
Exam questions that fail to challenge students as well as questions that are repeated year after year are among the poor assessment practices that continue to threaten standards on university courses...
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Accidental impostor bolts before China bluff is exposed
An Oxford University student sent to China last week on an all-expenses-paid lecturing trip arrived to find that the Beijing institution had mistaken him for a US professor with the same name....
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Oxford cashes in on IP and opens £60m lab
Oxford University's £60 million chemistry research laboratory, opened by the Queen this week, has been financed by a unique deal with a city firm. A third of the funding for the building has come...
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UK innovators outclass US
Income from new inventions and business collaborations is soaring in UK universities, a survey has shown. The third annual survey of higher education business links, carried out by the Higher...
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British charges are highest in Commonwealth
UK universities charge international students the highest fees in the Commonwealth - almost 50 per cent more than rival institutions in Australia and New Zealand. The survey of 180 institutions...
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Scots are edgy over top-ups
Scottish universities are seeking guarantees of extra government funds to help them stay competitive as England anticipates extra cash through top-up fees. Jim Wallace, Scotland's minister for...
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Apathy is no laughing matter
Apathy has sunk to a new low at Glasgow University, where students have failed to nominate anyone for the post of rector, their representative on the university court, writes Olga Wojtas. The court...
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Welsh eye generous grants to offset fees
Maintenance grants for Welsh students should be "significantly higher" than those proposed in England, according to the academic who is leading a review of higher education funding and student...
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Marks in class count less than class marks
Students from deprived backgrounds struggle to find jobs, Alison Utley reports Growing numbers of students from deprived backgrounds struggling to enter higher education are likely to find themselves...
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Coup for Warwick as NHSU selects it as principal partner
The National Health Service University has announced that Warwick University will be its principal academic partner as it aims to transform health and social care education and win university status...
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Balancing act is main bar to women in science
The struggle to balance work and family is the main challenge faced by female scientists and engineers in academe, according to a study presented to the annual meeting of the American Association for...
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Old notes reveal life of musical 'hellraiser'
A Nottingham University musicologist has uncovered the colourful life of a "hellraiser" composer from a famous Methodist family whose genius has only recently gained recognition. Samuel Wesley, whose...
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King's head appeals for support for part-timers
The recently appointed head of one of Cambridge University's most prestigious colleges has called on the government to provide more funding for part-time students and the institutions that cater for...