Luck of the Irish: Academy escapes swingeing cuts
Universities have expressed relief following the relatively modest cuts to higher education funding announced in the Republic of Ireland's emergency Budget last week.The grant allocated to...
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Gated communities
There is little substance to the government's promise to 'beef up' university access agreements, says Graeme Atherton
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Hot Topics in Science for 2010
Hot Topics in Science for 2010Data provided by Thomson Reuters from Science Watch, Vol. 21, Nos. 1-6, January-December 2010FieldTopicMedicine Jan/FebProstate cancer screening with PSA: its...
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Lava light
These photographs of a lava eruption were taken by a PhD student at the University of Bristol during a visit to the Afar Rift in Ethiopia.Lorraine Field, from the department of Earth sciences at...
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The Week in Higher Education
Labour leader Ed Miliband hit back at David Cameron as the two University of Oxford graduates tussled over their days among the dreaming spires. During Prime Minister's Questions on 8 December, Mr...
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Student loan costs could take further toll on sector
Government may be forced to regulate if too many institutions charge maximum. Simon Baker writes
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'This is not a riot': frustrated, cold and kettled until 11pm
John Morgan reports on the six hours of detention that greeted London fees protesters
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Lobbying by v-cs 'reduced budget cuts' and protected student numbers
The massive cut to the teaching budget could have been even greater, were it not for lobbying by vice-chancellors, because many in the coalition government believe there are "too many" students and...
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Scholarships may bring fiscal woe
Critics say coalition plan will be a disincentive to accept poorer students. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Wise words: nations must play the long game
Global summit hears that public spending on academy should not be cut. Sarah Cunnane reports from Doha
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Hold the anglophone? Korean director warns of lingua franca's local impact
The fashion for degree courses taught in English rather than local languages may be putting teaching quality at risk, a global higher education conference has heard.Speaking at the World Innovation...
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Size matters to students' grades
Research indicates that packed classes reduce academic attainment. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Submission fees could pave way to open-access future
Defray scholarly journals' peer-review costs with per-paper charge, study advises. Paul Jump writes
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Cash advance: Imperial to back others' spin-offs
The commercialisation arm of Imperial College London is to provide financial backing to entrepreneurial academics from other leading institutions.Imperial Innovations, which is a publicly listed...
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Looking beyond the pain principle
Dose of equality prescribed for 'masochistic' age of debt, UEL symposium hears. Matthew Reisz reports