Odds and quads
This mummified crocodile from the Greco-Roman period is held by the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and was recently the subject of large-scale...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Survival of the freshest
Sally Feldman takes umbrage with those who decry student orientation week
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6 October 2011
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-12
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A recipe for success?
World-class research, excellent teaching, cheap booze: what are the ingredients that make a great university?Scholars throughout history have disagreed. As chronicled in Times Higher Education’s...
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Quasicrystals secure Nobel Prize for Israeli chemist
The Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Israeli researcher Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals.
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'Visa scam' at college linked to University of Wales
A college that offers courses validated by the University of Wales has been linked to an alleged scam that helped foreign students to cheat their way to qualifications.
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Willetts pledges to open universities’ doors to business
All business people should be able to “knock on the doors” of a university and ask for training and help with research, David Willetts has told the Conservative Party conference.
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Oxford v-c: 'Government is failing universities on visa reforms and postgraduate support'
The tightening of visa rules poses a “serious risk” to the academic health of University of Oxford, its vice-chancellor has warned.
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Champagne supernovae: astronomers claim Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to three astronomers for their discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe.Half of the prize money will go to Saul Perlmutter, a professor of...
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University of Wales pulls in its tentacles
The University of Wales has pulled degree accreditation from all courses except those designed and fully controlled by the institution.
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Chancellor announces major new investment in science
The government has announced nearly £200 million in new science capital spending which it hopes will cement the UK’s status as “home to the greatest scientists and engineers”.
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Nobel Prize in medicine shared for work in immunology
Three scientists, including one who died just days ago, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011.
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Inside Higher Ed: ‘No more plan B’
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Universities may lose 6,000 student places to FE colleges, Labour says
Up to 6,000 undergraduate places that are being auctioned off to low-cost institutions will go to further education colleges rather than universities, the Labour Party has claimed.