World in brief - 20 February 2014
United StatesHarvard mistake hits 11,000A US university accidentally overtaxed thousands of its employees for four years in a payroll error. Owing to a mistake in the way it reported its employees’...
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United StatesHarvard mistake hits 11,000A US university accidentally overtaxed thousands of its employees for four years in a payroll error. Owing to a mistake in the way it reported its employees’...
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China on the fast track
Beijing wants to supercharge its nation’s universities as it has its railroads, but might its ambitions falter for want of academic freedom and cultural change?
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Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War, by Elisabeth Shipton
Niamh Gallagher on the women who challenged the consensus of who could serve at the front
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IT skills and links between industry and universities vital, says Clarke
The government's commitment to a fundamental shift in the relationship between higher education and business was reinforced at a skills launch on Tuesday. Charles Clarke, secretary of state for...
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ߣߣÊÓƵ's Books of 2014
The year’s best reads for work and pleasure, chosen by scholars and senior figures in the sector
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Overt strategy for global learning
In its cover story on "Intellectual Capital" on October 3 last year, Fortune magazine argued that a major challenge facing corporations is how to figure out the worth of their collective knowledge...
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CPMR calls for increased regional dimension to future EU research strategy
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 The conference of peripheral maritime regions (CPMR), an association representing geographically remote areas of Europe, has expressed its surprise at the 'unambitious' regional...
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Overseas student growth ‘not as high as government hopes’
The number of international students coming to UK universities will grow at a slower rate over the next 13 years than is hoped for by the government.
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Any cuts to doubled FP7 budget go against Lisbon Strategy, argues Buzek report
Brussels, 16 Jan 2006 The first draft of the report on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) by the European Parliament's committee on industry, research and energy (ITRE) claims that any reduction...
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Leading light sought to shepherd southern star
CEO and director of research will represent ‘world-class’ ߣߣÊÓƵn biomedical research centre. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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REF impact weighting should be 25 per cent, says Witty
Impact should be given a weighting of 25 per cent at the next research excellence framework, the author of a government-commissioned review has said
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Construction sector announces conference to stimulate industry-led research
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The European Council for Construction Research, Development and Innovation (ECFREDI), currently coordinating the EU network E-CORE, is to organise a conference to showcase...
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Beware ‘brain-based learning’
Enthusiasm for ‘neuroeducation’ risks blinding people to its potentially limited efficacy, argues Steven Rose
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Report on the 18 Nov meeting of the COST Strategy Issues Group
Brussels, 03 Jan 2002 Full text of Document 290/02 19 December 2002 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS Subject: First meeting of the Strategy Issues Group (SIG) held in Brussels on 18 November 2002 1. OPENING OF...