Life sciences strategy to strengthen links between universities, NHS and pharma
David Cameron is to announce a new government strategy developing links between university medical research, the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry.
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Harder working, less satisfied – the foreign scholar’s lot?
Foreign academics working in the US are more productive than their American counterparts – but are also less satisfied with their work, a study has concluded.
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IT infrastructure receives multi-million pound boost
The UK’s higher education and college IT network, JANET, is to benefit from a £31 million boost from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.
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‘No confidence’ vote over UCL provost’s NHS role
The students’ union at University College London has passed a vote of no confidence in the provost, Malcolm Grant, after he was appointed to take charge of the NHS in England under controversial...
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'Labour would have spared sector Maoist and chaotic reforms'
The government’s higher education reforms have created “unnecessary risk” for universities, the shadow business secretary has said in his first major speech on the sector.
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Offa releases details of revised access agreements
Proposals by 25 universities and colleges to cut their tuition fees so they can bid for 20,000 cut-price undergraduate places in 2012-13 have been approved by the Office for Fair Access, but it has...
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Deadlock breaks as RLUK announces new ‘big deal’ with Elsevier
Research libraries have reached a “new and improved” deal with the journal publisher Elsevier that ends a four-month stand-off between the two.
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Scholars must provide proof of claim that history in the classroom is bunk
Historian calls for evidence, not scaremongering, to inform how subject is taught. Matthew Reisz writes
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Financial Sturm und Drang if German fees are jettisoned
President of top institution fears funding doldrums as student numbers skyrocket. Jack Grove reports
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Grant winners
JISCDigitisation and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER)• Award winner: David Male• Institution: The Open University• Value: £101,078Histology and histopathology: virtual microscopy online•...
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City launches talent search in its bid to join the big time
Hiring spree aims to boost research performance to level of 1994 Group. Jack Grove reports
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UK deals mark new era in Colombian exchange
Agreements signed by Colombian and UK universities will herald a new era of academic cooperation between the nations, according to the president of the country.
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News in brief
AustraliaHealthy, but not that healthyThe representative body for Australian universities has accused the federal government of overstating the sector's financial health by including capital grants...
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The gift of tongues
Many state school pupils miss the chance to learn a foreign language. Universities must offer them the opportunity, insists Julia King
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Elite fear fall in applications will hit access effort
Elite research universities fear that their state school student numbers could decline as higher tuition fees are introduced, amid suggestions that applicants are increasingly choosing local...