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Campus round-up
University of StrathclydeCutting-edge researchThe UK's first Fraunhofer Centre, a branch of Europe's largest applied research organisation, is to be established in Scotland. German-based Fraunhofer-...
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Open-access petitioners trigger White House response
A petition asking the Obama administration to implement an open-access mandate for all publicly funded research has reached the required number of signatories to trigger an official response.The...
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Inside Higher Ed: Boycott kills an anthology
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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UK's 'safety' an increased draw for overseas students
More international students cite safety as a factor in their decision to study in the UK than was the case five years ago, despite worldwide coverage of the violence and looting that swept many...
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It’s not all black, but it is blue for astronomers
Astronomers have welcomed a partial reprieve granted to the UK’s northern hemisphere telescopes, but have described the closure of two major facilities in Hawaii as a “sad day for British astronomy”.
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Willetts wants more overseas students
The universities and science minister has said that he expects the number of international students at UK universities to grow.
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Federal block on overseas agents 'harms' US colleges
The US Department of State has been accused of making “ill-informed and misguided” policy statements against the use of international student recruitment agents and “doing significant harm to the...
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Open access will bankrupt us, publishers’ report claims
Publishers of humanities and social science journals could go bankrupt if all academic papers became freely available after six months, a report commissioned by publishers has warned.
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Top civil servant to lead University of London
A senior civil servant in charge of implementing the government’s higher education policies has been named the new vice-chancellor of the University of London.
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100 Under 50 Rankings 2012 methodology
The 100 Under 50 table is built on the criteria used for the World University Rankings, but with a twist The ߣߣƵ 100 Under 50 uses the same range of 13 performance indicators to...
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Universities welcome charity tax relief U-turn
The government has scrapped plans to cap the amount of tax relief individuals can claim from charitable donations.
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Trauma: A Social Theory
"Human beings are storytelling animals," sociologist Jeffrey Alexander tells us halfway through this treatise on the nature of trauma in Western societies. The type of stories we tell ourselves and...
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The Harm in Hate Speech
This is a wonderful book. It conveys complex ideas in an accessible and convincing way. Perhaps I was easy to convince, being one of those who fall on the pro hate-speech laws side of the debate to...
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When Biometrics Fail: Gender, Race, and the Technology of Identity
State security blankets fail to make us safe and do many of us harm, argues Irma van der Ploeg