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Researchers are developing storage technology that may lead to miniature devices with 100 times the density of present hard drives. The Millipede system uses an array of minute sensor arms to read...
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Universities slow to embrace China’s Hainan branch campus vision
Overseas institutions opt for partnerships with local counterparts rather than going it alone, despite regulatory incentives
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Universal exams can fix the grade inflation crisis
With the prestige of first-class honours degrees diminished, intellectually testing national examinations are needed to identify academic high-flyers, argues Lincoln Allison
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HE in Tasmania: devilishly difficult to get right
The Universities Accord has underlined the importance of Australian universities that cater to non-traditional students. But getting that provision right is not easy when your every move has major...
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New year predictions: what does 2023 have in store for universities?
With hostility from the Home Office over international student numbers, membership of Horizon Europe slipping away and heavy demands placed on institutions by regulators, UK university staff will be...
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Soft power pioneer: policy clout loses edge outside government
After a career spent switching between academia and the White House, Joseph Nye admits that returning to Harvard left him feeling flat
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Have universities got their fingers on the pulse of digital health?
Innovations such as wearable tech and mobile apps are expected to revolutionise healthcare and generate fortunes. But which researchers and institutions are taking their 10,000 steps, and what should...
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Universities are no safer from liquidation than department stores
Survival depends on institutional buy-in to a fundamental questioning of operating models and cost structures, says Angus Laing
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Publishers resist changes to textbook access scheme
Policy that has allowed universities to automatically charge students for course materials comes under threat from Biden administration
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Theses will be stored digitally
PhD theses may represent the rite of passage for academics, but most are destined to lie mouldering on university library shelves or buried in institutional databases, never to be read again. All...
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Norwegian minister resigns over plagiarism allegations
Sandra Borch apologises for making ‘big mistake’ while completing her master’s thesis
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Squirrels help to store organs
The biochemical tricks that the ground squirrel uses to hibernate through the Canadian winter may herald new ways to prolong the shelf-life of human transplant organs. Kenneth Storey and colleagues...
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eBook store opens
barnesandnoble.com and Microsoft are taking a step into the digital content future with the creation of a barnesandnoble.com eBook superstore using Microsoft Reader software. The eBook initiative...
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It is time for open access to move on from institutional repositories
The British Library cyber-attack underlines that HE and research libraries’ technologies and policies put us at too much risk, says Fiona Greig