4 December 2014
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Competition tests researchers’ ethics, council finds
Work by Nuffield Council on Bioethics reveals pressure on researchers to compromise on integrity and mistrust of the REF
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Q&A with Catherine Stihler
We speak to only the second woman to have held the post of rector of the University of St Andrews
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Where all the stage is a world for scholars to explore
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe offers researchers insights into how Jacobean plays were received
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Arts courses face shutdown at Falmouth University
Contemporary crafts, theatre studies and a digital media programme are set to be axed
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Thomas Docherty on academic freedom
Managerial fundamentalism has taken hold in universities, with scholars viewed as resources that must be controlled, argues the Warwick scholar
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Singapore is 'Asia lite' for Western universities
But Western institutions in the city state may need to relax ‘normative’ views of free enquiry, Nanyang Technological University’s head tells John Morgan
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THE podcast: BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2015 results
Download the podcastThe results of the second annual ߣߣƵ BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings are out now.In this podcast, rankings editor Phil Baty discusses the results and some...
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‘Crick of the North’ confirmed for Manchester
But centre for advanced materials will still have “satellites” in Oxbridge and London as well as Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield
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Postgraduate loans welcomed, but what about mature students?
Loans of up to £10,000 to be available for master’s students under the age of 30
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Imperial College professor Stefan Grimm ‘was given grant income target’
Emails with manager reveal details of review placed on academic found dead in September
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Postgraduate loans of £10K announced by George Osborne
The chancellor has announced that the government will introduce a postgraduate loans system offering £10,000 to young students
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Fees and cuts campaign embarks on fresh ‘day of action’
Student activists are taking part in what they describe as “a day of action for free education while the government delivers another round of cuts”
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Ebola tackled in new FutureLearn Moocs
Two massive open online courses that aim to educate people about the rapid spread of Ebola have been launched by UK universities
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Two universities to benefit from East London development
The government has awarded more than £140 million to develop a new Education and Cultural Quarter in London at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park