National strike ballot called on pay but Liverpool dispute resolved
Union members in higher education will be balloted for industrial action over the employers’ 1 per cent pay offer
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FutureLearn Moocs unveiled
Registration on the UK’s first massive open online course platform has opened following a launch at the British Library.
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Clinical trial transparency is criticised by MPs
A current lack of transparency in clinical trials is “unacceptable”, a cross-party group of MPs has said
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Moocs UK will offer escape from ‘The Man’, says Bean
The UK’s first massive open online course platform will allow students to set their own targets and escape rules set by “The Man”
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University debt could come under more scrutiny
Universities’ borrowing could come under more scrutiny with the form and extent of debts being part of risk assessments by England’s funding council
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Inside Higher Ed: Faculty respond to threat to academic freedom
By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed
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Lib Dems fail to endorse 9k fees as official policy
An attempt by senior Liberal Democrats to endorse £9,000 fees as official policy has failed, after members clung on to an aspiration to abolish fees
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Furedi criticises ‘methodologically naive’ education research
A leading sociologist has attacked the application of so-called “‘evidence’-based policy” – and much of the research lying behind it – to education
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Patient involvement in research pays dividends, says study
Involving patients in research programmes increases the likelihood of recruiting a target number of people, a study has found.
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12 world leaders who attended UK universities
Some of the world’s most powerful graduates demonstrate the influence of UK universities
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Race and higher education inquiry launched
A cross-party group of MPs has launched an inquiry that will look at the black and minority ethnic community’s interaction with higher education.
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Ig Nobel Prizes 2013 revealed
Cows may have an unfortunate reputation for being slothful, but even long hours on their pins do not increase the likelihood of them lying down.
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Immigration ‘paranoia’ threatens student recruitment, v-cs told
Student recruitment could be jeopardised by “public paranoia” over immigration among the UK’s “xenophobic” population, vice-chancellors have said.
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NUS president Toni Pearce challenges v-cs on public role
Vice-chancellors should take up more prominent public roles as forces for good in society, the National Union of Students president has said.
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European academics 'see a bigger boost' from overseas collaboration
US academics are more likely to work with peers outside the US than European researchers are to link up with those outside Europe, a new study says.