John Ellis, 1953-2011
An academic, a gardener and a keen Sheffield Wednesday fan, John Ellis will be remembered as a traditional academic with a "mischievous" sense of humour.Professor Ellis was born in 1953 in Sheffield...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
Royal Holloway, University of LondonDefence of the realmAcademics are working with a British intelligence agency to combat a new wave of cyber crime. As part of the government's Cyber Security...
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Odds and quads
These images from the University of Nottingham's Manuscripts and Special Collections feature in an interactive Advent calendar that has been unveiled day by day over the festive period.
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Brazil's science students break for the border
Brazil has announced a second round of applications for a £1.3 billion study-abroad scheme that could result in thousands of students coming to UK universities.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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22 December 2011
A lot of loose ends - Can Hefce knit together all the duties planned for it?
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University Alliance names new chair – and a new member
The vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England has been elected as the new chair of the University Alliance as the mission group expands its membership to 24 institutions.
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Christmas comes early for Scottish universities with hike in funding
The funding settlement for Scottish universities for the next academic year has been welcomed by Universities Scotland and the National Union of Students.
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Inside Higher Ed: The Lure of the City
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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Welsh education minister emphasises importance of mergers
Welsh universities must merge if they are to be sustainable, the minister for education has reaffirmed.
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Cambridge strikes deal to cream off top Chinese engineering students
The University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge have struck up a new partnership to recruit engineering students from mainland China.
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Oxbridge admissions statistics show four in five students are white
Well over four fifths of students admitted to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge last year were white, statistics show.
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Humanities courses lead to career success, says Grayling ahead of private college launch
Sixty per cent of leading public figures in the UK have humanities, social science or arts degrees, a new study has found.
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UCL challenges students' union over 'no confidence' campaign against provost
University College London’s senior administrative officer has pressed its students’ union to drop a motion of no confidence in the provost, Malcolm Grant.