John Adams, 1939-2012
An "affable and amusing" scholar whose expertise ranged from 18th-century legal treatises to the latest developments in intellectual property law has died.John Adams was born on 24 December 1939,...
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Campus round-up
University of LiverpoolBirth of a collaborative movementA university is leading a scheme to improve maternal and new-born healthcare in Uganda. The University of Liverpool project, which has received...
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Sweet or sour? Fans of Grayling's courses defend the menu
A discussion of the merits of private venture made for a spicy dish. David Matthews reports
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Farce majeure
The campus novel is a proud tributary of the comic flow of English letters. From Amis to Bradbury and from the page to the TV screen, the academy has proved to be a superior source for humour - but...
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Open vistas create a 'living body' of work
A low-cost open-access journal aims to modernise the act of publication. Paul Jump reports
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Suu Kyi collects doctorate at belated Oxford homecoming
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford during a ceremony at the institution’s Sheldonian Theatre.
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Exam watchdog publishes proposals on A-level oversight
A-level courses could require a stamp of approval by learned societies or “a subgroup of universities” under plans put forward by the exam regulator Ofqual.
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Welsh plan to boost employability launched
The Welsh government has drafted a 63-point plan to bolster the employability of the country’s university graduates.
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Push for gold will cost millions, open-access report says
A transition to full open-access publishing will cost UK higher education an extra £50 million or £60 million a year, according to a long-awaited report on how the country should make the change.
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Government defends reforms in long-awaited response to committee
The government has defended the public financing of for-profit higher education providers and has said that it wants widening participation funding to be “better targeted”.
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Inside Higher Ed: A professor’s cri de coeur
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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Open-access advocate leads honours list
A mathematician who led the boycott in the UK of a major publisher over the issue of open access and a vice-chancellor who served on the Browne Review are among the higher education figures...
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Green light for world’s biggest telescope
The world’s largest telescope is a step closer to being built after organisers gave the go-ahead to its plans at a meeting last week.
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Loans system can’t go on like this, senior figures say
The new student loans system designed by the government to support higher tuition fees is “unsustainable in the long term”, according to a survey of senior figures in higher education conducted by...