Research campuses get BBSRC cash boost
A £30 million investment in research and innovation campuses from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has been unveiled.
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Ucas stats reveal languages decline
The proportion of 18 year olds applying for non-European language degrees has fallen by more than a third in three years, according to new research
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Laptops and tablets in ascendancy for student viewing
Only one in five students will take a TV to university, with most relying on their laptop or smartphone to view programmes, a new survey shows
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Inside Higher Ed: Weigh In or Pay
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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Liverpool academics set to vote on strike action
A strike ballot is opening at the University of Liverpool over plans to force about 2,800 non-academic staff to accept revised terms and conditions
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De Montfort top in website analysis
A new index benchmarking the websites of higher education providers by functionality, accessibility and compliance with standards has been released.
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Commons motion calls for HE funding boost
A former Labour minister has called for an increase in public spending on higher education to close the “international competitive gap”.
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Royal Institution backs down on Christmas lectures
The Royal Institution has scrapped efforts to ask academics to sign an agreement if they want to use its trademarked term “Christmas Lectures”.
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Final Scottish governance code is criticised
Academic and student unions north of the border have again condemned a new code of governance for Scottish universities as “vague” and “meaningless”.
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University green fund round three unveiled
More than 40 universities are to receive money in the latest round of a scheme to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.
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THE podcast: 18 July 2013 issue review
Download the podcastOne university’s plans to assess academics on the basis of how many of their students obtain a 2:1 for their modules, India’s five-year plan for higher education, and our weekly...
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Isaac and Isaiah: The Covert Punishment of a Cold War Heretic, by David Caute
Roger Morgan on how a liberal doyen blackballed a Red rival
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Students see teaching's value, Myshele Goldberg argues: what a shame that managers don't
Students appreciate the value of teaching, says Myshele Goldberg: it’s a shame managers have different ideas
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Students see teaching’s value: shame managers don’t
Myshele Goldberg on a numbers-based approach that doesn’t add up
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Randomness in Evolution, by John Tyler Bonner
Tiffany Taylor weighs the evidence of the importance of random changes in species development