Arab émigrés ‘have a duty’ to help their home nations make strides
Head of Association of Arab Universities also urges the West not to ignore the plight of Syrian academics and students
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There’s no place like Stanford, but $10K will give you a taste
Silicon Valley giant’s business school brings its 10-week Ignite programme to London
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Ed Byrne: 'new address is a defining moment for King's College London'
The university’s principal on capturing a landmark building, a rebranding volte-face, and the capital’s ‘fizz’
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How to deal with PhD stress: new film offers some tips
The latest video in a series of short self-help programmes takes a sympathetic look at mental health issues
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Sir Terry Pratchett: a master of make-believe
John Gilbey remembers the gifted, generous and genial creator of the Discworld universe
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The passing of the polymaths
Felipe Fernández-Armesto laments our giant-killing culture
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Seeing Sodomy in the Middle Ages, by Robert Mills
A sensitive study of transgression breaks new ground for queer theory, says Rachel Moss
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Galileo’s Telescope: A European Story, by Massimo Bucciantini, Michele Camerota and Franco Giudice
An detailed account of the bigger picture around the astronomer’s discoveries interests Robyn Arianrhod
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Oxford v-c Andrew Hamilton named new NYU president
Andrew Hamilton, the University of Oxford vice-chancellor, has been named the next president of New York University
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Budget 2015: PhD loans up to £25K announced
George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000
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THE podcast: Jisc Digital Festival 2015
Download the podcastThe 2015 Jisc Digital Festival, known as Digifest, took place in Birmingham on 9 and 10 March 2015.In this podcast, reporter Chris Parr speaks with Carole Goble, a professor in...
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ߣߣÊÓƵn government's bid to uncap fees falls again
Plans to uncap tuition fees in ߣߣÊÓƵ have been defeated in the country’s upper house for the second time in four months
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Warwick v-c Nigel Thrift recorded calling student protesters ‘yobs’
But university’s registrar defends v-c, saying he has been ‘targeted personally and directly’ for weeks
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Birmingham pro v-c Richard Williams to head Heriot-Watt
A University of Birmingham pro vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Heriot-Watt University
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University duty on ‘non-violent extremism’ not mentioned for Scotland
Prevent document from government has different wording for English/Welsh universities