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
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Liberal arts, British style
Aaron Rosen on how the UK is improving on a US staple
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News in brief - 18 July 2013
ߣߣƵMinister has no time for impactThe ߣߣƵn education minister has said that measuring research impact is not necessarily a priority or a worthwhile endeavour. Kim Carr, who recently...
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News in brief - 18 July 2013
Saudi Arabian scholarship programmeAmerica, here they comeHuge investment by the government of Saudi Arabia in overseas scholarships brought a flood of young Saudis to the US, an analysis suggests....
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Unexpected debt yield
Parents and students in line for rude awakening
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Campus round-up - 18 July 2013
Animated reactionA music video created by an academic has won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Animation. The stop-motion film for the band Fossil Collective’s single Let it Go (above) was...
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THE Scholarly Web - 18 July 2013
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