Wellcome Trust gets tough on open access
The Wellcome Trust has reacted to Research Councils UK's beefed-up open-access proposals by indicating that it will get "much tougher" on compliance with its own mandate.
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Majority unscarred by EPSRC's final cuts
'Shaping capability' plan proceeds cautiously, with reductions in just 14 fields overall. Paul Jump writes
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Ucas ditches 'unworkable' post-results plan
Consultation reveals overwhelming rejection of proposed PQA system. Jack Grove reports
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Reflected glory
This glass brain and spinal column, which pulsates electromagnetic light and reacts to human contact, is part of an exhibition currently taking place at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
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Beef over Bologna's 'elitist' origins
Critic calls for legal integration of 'undemocratic' process into EU policy. Matthew Reisz reports
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Low-quality teaching detrimental to 'brand UK'
Failure to protect teaching quality at low-cost higher education providers could threaten the health of the entire university sector, the former president of Universities UK has warned.
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Master and commander
Andy Westwood salutes Sir Alan Langlands, a steady hand guiding the sector through the stormy waters of frenzied coalition reform
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Principals for hire
News that the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London are to share lecturers has prompted an exciting new experiment in collaboration by our own university.In what Jamie Targett,...
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Leader: Set straight by a painful setback
Sometimes an unpleasant knock can be useful in forcing people to rethink the most appropriate way ahead
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Research Intelligence - The biggest and the best, for everyone
Pan-European network allows access to national cutting-edge biology facilities. Paul Jump reports
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Drawing insights from the depths of disaster
A century on, the Titanic’s tragic tale remains a valuable focus for teaching. Jon Marcus writes
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The week in higher education
• Well done to the University of Manchester for clinching this year's University Challenge title. It is the third time a Manchester team has won the television quiz show in seven years, noted Rebecca...
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From Where I Sit - Appliance of the dismal science
Anyone who has studied or taught economics is aware of the highly theoretical nature of the subject. For some, this is its appeal. Indeed, my old professor in the discipline once told me that the...
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Odds and quads
This 19th-century stuffed cyclopic piglet and plaster cast of a rattlesnake - brought to Scotland by Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1904 - are among the strange and sometimes shocking natural...