30 January 2014
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The week in higher education - 30 January 2014
A business student is hoping to clear debts of $31,000 (£18,700) by selling advertising on his graduation mortar board, Fox News reported on 21 January. Alex Benda, who will graduate from the...
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Will it be Heigh-ho! or Oh no!
It’s off to work we go. Our Best University Workplace Survey reveals discontent, but it’s not all gloom and doom
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For how long do research papers remain useful?
Academic research papers remain useful for several years after publication, according to a study of more than 2,800 journal articles
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Lack of funding for master’s creates PhD paradox
Research councils may have to ‘rethink’ requirements because of cuts to lower-level courses
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Edinburgh Napier scraps plan for Hong Kong campus
Queen’s Hill project cancelled after change in attitude towards overseas university branches
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News in brief - 30 January 2014
University of GlasgowWhistleblower joins rector raceEdward Snowden is standing as a candidate to be rector of the University of Glasgow. The whistleblower, who leaked documents revealing US and UK...
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University of Montreal cancels Wiley-Blackwell deal subscription
Cost-conscious institution rejects publisher’s ‘big deal’ on more than 1,000 journals
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Transplant inspires siblings’ Bloodlines project
Milton and Alex Mermikides’ AHRC-funded work fuses music, dance and medicine
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Campus close-up: Southampton Solent University
Innovation in creative disciplines, high student employability and wide participation are strengths, says vice-chancellor Van Gore
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World in brief - 30 January 2014
SingaporeOur man in the GULFThe president of a Singaporean university has been appointed by the World Economic Forum to chair a world higher education body. Tan Chorh Chuan, president of the National...
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Go8 wants fees on high return courses uncapped
ߣߣÊÓƵ’s top universities have asked to be freed from price capping for courses with the highest graduate-earning premium
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Ben Jonson online resource launched
A new interactive website has been launched to provide the definitive resource for studying the great 17th-century poet and playwright Ben Jonson
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Paul Boyle to be next Leicester v-c
Economic and Social Research Council chief executive Paul Boyle has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester
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Costa book prize: lecturer Nathan Filer wins
A former psychiatric nurse who is now a lecturer in creative writing has been awarded the Costa Book of the Year award for his debut novel.