THE podcast: David Willetts
Download the podcast David Willetts, universities and science minister, talks to ߣߣƵ about post-graduate student numbers, the forthcoming public spending review, and the...
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Student loans system is sustainable, insists minister
Universities minister David Willetts has defended the student finance system against criticisms that it is unsustainable and will not bring in the amount of money required to fund the sector long...
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Embrace Moocs or face decline, warns v-c
“It’s Mooc or die”, a university vice-chancellor has said, claiming that institutions must embrace the massive open online course movement and adapt their teaching methods or face a tough future.
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Declaration of independence from journal impact factor
Coalition of academics, publishers and funders rejects metric ‘obsession’
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Open access ‘waiver’ schemes encouraged by government
The government would like to see more publishers take up schemes that waive open access publishing fees for researchers from universities that subscribe to its journals, a senior civil servant has...
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THE podcast: 16 May 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe University of Southampton’s successful appeal against a QAA review, the World Conference on Research Integrity, and the ߣߣƵ Books section all feature on...
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16 May 2013
Jeepers creepers - How to cope with that once-in-a-lifetime worst student.
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The week in higher education - 16 May 2013
“Me, ugly? My Jimmy Choos make me feel BEAUTIFUL,” ran the headline in the Daily Mail’s Femail section on 9 May, above an article by Mary Beard, professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge,...
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Nul points for agency standard
The gulf between the QAA benchmark on study time and the hours students put in raises questions about its judgement
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Willetts adviser lauds ‘clever accounting’
Nick Hillman says coalition approach to finance may shape global academy
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Whale of an evolutionary time
Patricia Piccinini’s Sky Whale, created by Cameron Balloons in Bristol, was inspired by the artist’s reflections on evolution
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Cash for R&D or wider access? UUK wants both
Body defends science and social mobility funds from spending review
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UCU Left’s call to go for growth decried as ‘gamble’
Arguments intensify over union’s austerity plans in run-up to congress
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Academia must convince BIS on capital funding for research
UK universities must form business partnerships to demonstrate the need for public investment. By Elizabeth Gibney
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Dodgy scholars' sick notes and scapegoats
The excuses academics use to explain away fraudulent research results