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Campus round-up
Durham UniversityUnrivalled shelf lifeEurope's oldest surviving book is to go on display in Durham after £9 million was raised to buy it for the nation. The St Cuthbert Gospel, a manuscript copy of...
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26 April 2012
Wave of resistance - Arab students strive to reap the fruits of Spring
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Revolutionary road
As the fallout from the Arab Spring continues, David Matthews reports from Cairo on the birth - and troubled infancy - of the student union movement in Egypt
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Research intelligence - Value according to the metrics system
Scholars criticise methods to judge ‘at-risk’ peers in Queen Mary restructuring. Paul Jump reports
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NUS re-elects Burns and calls for Willetts to resign
Liam Burns has been re-elected as president of the National Union of Students
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V-c 'alcohol ban' comments could prompt attacks on Muslim students, London Met Islamic groups claim
Two Islamic societies at London Metropolitan University have launched a scathing attack on “undemocratic, ill devised and misleading remarks” by the vice-chancellor, who proposed banning alcohol from...
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Strict government targets for NI universities
The Northern Ireland government has issued the region’s two universities with a checklist of targets as part of its higher education strategy.
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London Met UCU returns ‘no confidence’ vote on v-c
The University and College Union has called on the governors of London Metropolitan University to “intervene and re-direct” the institution after a survey returned a 91 per cent vote of no confidence...
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V-cs urged to fork out tax savings for fair access
The National Union of Students has called on university heads to donate their tax savings to its new programme for student-led outreach.
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Campus Review: University of Queensland defends coal seam gas centre
The head of a new ߣߣƵn research centre says the institution is not prepared to stand idly by as a new energy source is developed. Susan Woodward reports
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Unions reject 0.8 per cent pay offer
Universities have pitched their latest pay offer for next year well short of the 7 per cent claim from the unions, tabling a 0.8 per cent offer that was quickly rejected.
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Inside Higher Ed: When Can Faculty Show Porn?
By Mitch Smith, for Inside Higher Ed
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AHRC recruitment ‘not connected’ to Big Society resignations
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has insisted that the appointment of more than 200 new members to its peer review college is unrelated to a spate of resignations last year.
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Liam Burns battles to keep top NUS job
The president of the National Union of Students will face a strong challenge for his job at next week’s annual elections.