Are universities the engines of regional prosperity?
George Osborne wants institutions to spur growth outside London, but not everyone thinks campuses can and should take on such a role
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Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization, by Elena Conis
The history of vaccinations in the US has as much to do with politics as medicine, says Helen Bynum
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27 November 2014
Sizing up - Is bigger better for universities?
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Rona Woodward, 1964-2014
A leading social work academic whose research on disadvantaged young people was always “founded in the principle of social justice” has died
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Interview with Elizabeth Garrett
We speak to the professor of law who is soon to become first female leader of Cornell University in its 149-year history
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Drive a Land Rover? Fond of Roquefort quiche?
You must like the University of Cambridge, says YouGov
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World in brief - 27 November 2014
Source: AlamyUnited StatesForeign students help economy to the tune of £17.1 billionInternational students and their families supported 340,000 jobs and contributed $26.8 billion (£17.1 billion) to...
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The discounting trend at US universities
Few students in America are paying full price on fees, says Alan Ruby
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Grant winners - 27 November 2014
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council/Royal SocietyRoyal Society-EPSRC Dorothy Hodgkin FellowsThis scheme supports outstanding scientists and engineers at an early stage of their career...
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News in brief - 27 November 2014
Source: Gil C/Shutterstock.comOpen access mandateGates Foundation sets the paceThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that all academic papers and datasets arising out of its funding...
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 27 November 2014
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Lost in the shirtstorm
As you report in The Week in Higher Education (20 November), European Space Agency scientist Matt Taylor hit the headlines not only for his role in landing a craft on a comet but also for wearing an...
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Cicero’s incalculable gifts
So Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones “would willingly obliterate every word of Cicero” for just one book of Ctesias’ lost work Persian Things (“Listen, and let us take you back”, Books, 13 November). Farewell,...
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Uniform alignments
Chris Rust’s article “Unknown qualities” (Features, 13 November) raises interesting questions about UK degree standards.Why shouldn’t universities be exposed to the same levels of scrutiny as schools...
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Science slighted
As a science academic, I found Sarah Churchwell’s essay rather depressing (“Humanities: why the study of human culture still matters”, 13 November).The article conflates the enjoyment of culture and...