Mendeley founders defend '£65m' sale to Elsevier
The founders of Mendeley have insisted that selling the company to the controversial academic publisher Elsevier will result only in “good things”
Search
-
-
RCUK changes open-access guidance yet again
Research Councils UK has removed from its guidance on its open-access policy an exhortation for institutions and authors to make sure a “proper market in article fees” operates.
-
Toni Pearce elected next NUS president
Toni Pearce has been elected as the next president of the National Union of Students, promising to fight for “a movement where students’ unions are leading from the front and aren’t just an...
-
London Met visa ban lifted
London Metropolitan University will again be allowed to recruit international students after the Home Office ended the revocation of its visa licence.
-
Liam Burns warns of student ‘triple-dip recession’
Students today face a “triple-dip recession” consisting of a lack of jobs, opportunities to study and future prospects, according to the president of their national union.
-
Thatcher had ‘immense impact’ on higher education
Margaret Thatcher’s “revolutionary” reforms helped to transform an ailing university system into a world-leading higher education system, a vice-chancellor has said.
-
Thatcher’s death prompts call for ‘sensitivity’ at NUS conference
National Union of Students’ president Liam Burns has called for “sensitivity” and “respect” after some delegates at the union’s annual conference were heard to cheer news that former prime minister...
-
US academics’ salaries ‘slowly recovering’
Salaries for full-time faculty members at US colleges and universities are slowly recovering after years of below-inflation rises, although higher education institutions are increasingly reliant on...
-
Joan Bakewell speaks up for part-time students
Part-time study needs “unprecedented support” to help kick-start the UK’s flagging economy, Labour peer Baroness Bakewell has said.
-
Nature's publishers to launch open-access platform for data sets
In a further sign of the growing scientific prominence of data sets, Nature Publishing Group has launched a new open-access platform that will peer review and publish detailed descriptions of their...
-
British Library starts digital drive
The British Library – and the nation’s other legal deposit libraries – have officially taken on responsibility to archive UK web content, opening up immense opportunities for researchers.
-
Adelaide v-c wants end to fixed-time contracts in ߣߣƵ
ߣߣƵn academics should not be contractually bound always to split their time equally between teaching and research, the vice-chancellor of the University of Adelaide has said.
-
Sussex unions plan ballot over outsourcing
Three unions at the University of Sussex have begun the process that could lead to strikes over outsourcing plans at the university.
-
THE podcast: 4 April 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe Office for Fair Access, the openness of universities and academics’ regional accents all feature on this ߣߣƵ issue review, along with a look at the...
-
Letters
Irish teacher failed to foresee his fateI was amused to read recent Nobel prizewinner Sir John Gurdon’s account of his “crippling school report”, which included the statement: “I believe he has ideas...