Critics of ASA’s Israel boycott marshal forces in US
Palestinian scholars welcome the American Studies Association resolution
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Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media Age, by Alice E. Marwick
Silicon Valley’s stars ceaselessly shape their image to a neoliberal ideal, Finola Kerrigan discovers
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STEM the inertia on inequality
MPs have highlighted the problem of too few women in science, but more than words are needed to tackle the issue
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Scottish fees plan ‘not legal’, says Willetts
Independence would also leave Scotland off international ‘top table’ for research
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UCL set to merge with Institute of Education
University College London is set to merge with the Institute of Education, University of London, ߣߣÊÓƵ can reveal.
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UK science to benefit from long-term capital plan
A commitment by government to consult over a long-term plan for science capital investment has been welcomed by the Lords Science and Technology Committee.
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UCU accuses Uclan of ‘speculative gambles’ overseas
University has ‘risked assets’ built up with public money, union claims in report
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‘India effect’ hits STEM subjects, peers hear
Overseas student numbers dropping overall in science due to Indian demand
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Former investment banker to be new SLC chair
The new chair of the Student Loans Company will be Chris Brodie, chair of council at the University of Sussex and a former investment banker
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Publishers launch free journal access for libraries
Academic publishers have launched their scheme to allow free access to research journals at public libraries
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The Black Death and other plagues revisited for lecture series
Cambridge v-c and former Archbishop among those examining the topic
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UN criticises rich countries over educational aid
University scholarships make up quarter of money donated
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Oxford science projects get £67 million in funding
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £67 million investment for four science business incubator projects in the Oxford area.
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Willetts calls for publisher offsetting to encourage open access
Publishers should encourage adoption of gold open access by reducing individual universities’ subscription charges as they pay more in article fees.
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Horizon 2020 ‘to generate £2 billion in grants’ for UK in first two years
Commissioner tells academics to ‘get cracking’ on proposals