Out! Puerto Rico students defy judges and strike
A strike by university students in Puerto Rico has begun in the wake of the imposition of an $800 (£513) annual tuition fee and ill feeling about the presence of police on campus.Police took action...
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Campus round-up
Bucks New UniversityPersuasive case for collaborationA UK university has signed an agreement with a college in Saudi Arabia to help it set up the first advertising school in the Gulf. Academics from...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHService Delivery and Organisation Programme• Award winner: Steven Goodacre• Institution: University of Sheffield• Value: £152,304Emergency planning in healthcare...
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Blogconfidential: Cold comfort in the Gulag
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Cold comfort in the Gulag
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Appointments
University of HuddersfieldBarbara ConwayA former community pharmacist, Barbara Conway, is to use her years of expertise to set up new courses for pharmacy students in Huddersfield.She joins the...
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It's hard to go on
If fees reform puts graduates off postgraduate study, where will academia find its new blood, asks Sir Adam Roberts
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Exit with dignity
Many turn to God in the face of death, but two critics of religion, 230 years apart, have the same calm courage, writes Robert Zaretsky
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The Humbug index: a selection of holiday-themed medical research papers
The medical literature contains many articles that relate to the Christmas season. Some report the curious and others the tragic. Among the latter are reports concerning increased depression and...
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The Week in Higher Education
Much has been said and written about the tuition-fee protests in London, but few commentators have taken the tack of former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher. Asked on 16 December for his take on the...
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State may be hoist by market petard
Hepi claims cuts to places revealed in grant letter could push up fees. Simon Baker reports
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'Learn to share more': Willetts predicts new collaborative age in wake of capital cuts
Government announces 45.7 per cent reduction over four years. Paul Jump reports
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What will poor Robin do then? Perforate your small bowel
Carelessness at Christmas has a nasty habit of biting you on the bum, research suggests.One paper published in the British Medical Journal in 1983 recounts the case of an 86-year-old woman who...
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Head received £265K payout from struggling Gloucestershire
A vice-chancellor who stepped down as her university was struggling to tackle a huge financial deficit received a payout of £265,000 after she announced that she was leaving, accounts have shown.The...
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Scarce cash may foil lecturer training plan
HEA demands qualifications for new teachers, but universities fear the cost. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Scottish v-cs are ready to ram home their demands for extra resources
Universities told to be 'forceful' with politicians in bid to plug 'huge funding gap', writes John Morgan