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Campus round-up
Coventry UniversityCSI: West MidlandsA university celebrated 10 years of forensic psychology research and learning with a one-day conference. Coventry University's department of psychology and...
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Unbound possibilities
Non-profit, scholar-run publisher impresses with its open-access monograph list. Paul Jump reports
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Cambridge issues its £350 million bond
The University of Cambridge has become the latest higher education institution to raise private finance for building projects, announcing the issue of a £350 million bond.
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Experts on receptors win chemistry Nobel Prize
Two US scientists have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies revealing how cells in the human body sense their environment.
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Petition gathers momentum after academic's suspension
More than 1,700 people have signed a petition protesting against the suspension of an internationally-renowned psychology professor at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Quantum pioneers win physics Nobel Prize
Two pioneers of quantum optics, a field that has paved the way for super-fast computing, have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for physics.
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Inside Higher Ed: Publishers and Google end seven-year legal war
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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Sir John Gurdon wins Nobel Prize
British developmental biologist Sir John Gurdon has won the 2012 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed.
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Extra £200 million for capital-funding scheme
The government is to put an additional £200 million into a fund designed to boost university and industry collaboration.
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Process changed over overseas students in London
International students arriving in London will no longer have to endure long queues to register with the police following changes to the registration procedure.
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Willetts questions Scottish university funding
David Willetts has warned that some Scottish universities are anxious as to whether they will remain "properly financed" without receiving tuition fees from students in the country.
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Report highlights benefits of part-time study
Part-time students gain higher pay, new skills and greater responsibilities in the workplace even while they are studying, a new survey has found.
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Nobel winners 'unlikely to include Higgs'
There will be no Nobel Prize this year connected to the apparent discovery of the fabled Higgs boson particle, according to a citation analyst with a history of successfully predicting winners.
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Institution heads write to Cameron over student delays
International students are facing "unacceptable and humiliating" difficulties in registering with the police, according to a letter to David Cameron signed by the heads of two London institutions.