Nurse review: create Research UK body to oversee research councils
Merger ‘inappropriate’, but seven councils would be overseen by new chief executive
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The right kind of feminists
June Purvis responds to fellow academics’ criticisms of the film Suffragette
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Spending on university estates up by half a billion
Capital expenditure rises by a quarter as universities aim to compete in marketised sector
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Middlesex University v-c seeks inspiration from institution’s past as he sets future course
Tim Blackman is keen to build on successes achieved in his predecessor’s two decades in charge
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University of Michigan focuses on widening participation
President of US campus also seeks to aid the local economy and forge global partnerships
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Dwijen Rangnekar, 1965-2015
A prominent academic activist has died
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Boosting the opportunities for Anglo-Brazilian partnerships
Universities UK meeting hopes to build further on existing initiatives
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Interview with Tanni Grey-Thompson
The multiple Paralympic gold medallist and now university chancellor reveals her excitement about graduation ceremonies and her sleeplessness over Daleks
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Funding variation across UK and cross-border money flows revealed in UCU report
Student mobility meant nearly £500 million of support funding flowed across borders in 2013-14
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Why did the chicken cross the road? For public engagement, of course
Researchers have employed a comedian to help them reach out to a wider public
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Sarah Churchwell: opening the doors to the ivory tower
‘Don’t claim you are changing the world if only four people are reading your article’, says new chair in public understanding of the humanities
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The Joy of Tax, by Richard Murphy
Marcus Chown on a brief, critically important guide to economic literacy
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From Labouring to Learning: Working‑class Masculinities, Education and De-industrialization, by Michael R. M. Ward
A Welsh town’s Boiz, Geeks and Emos are in urgent need of new scripts, finds John Field
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Lady Byron and Her Daughters, by Julia Markus
Duncan Wu on a study of marriage and motherhood