NUS proposes alternatives to a royal yacht
The National Union of Students has proposed 10 alternative uses for the £60 million that ministers apparently wanted invested in a royal yacht for the Queen’s jubilee.
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Fee hike will leave government facing ‘huge liabilities’ in 30 years
Students enrolling at university in 2012-13 will have to earn salaries of £50,000 a year immediately after graduating if they are to pay off their student loan debt before the 30-year government...
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Shell announces closure of UK R&D base
Oil giant Shell is to close its main UK research and development base, moving the laboratory activities overseas.
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Reforms dissected in new documentary
A member of the Browne Review panel has expressed frustration that its plans for fees and funding were not met with a “more favourable” response by government, adding that the reforms subsequently...
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Judge throws out student’s challenge to OIA
A medical student who twice failed his final-year exams has lost a legal battle against the decision not to award him a degree.
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Oxford rocked by death of physicist
The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has said academics at the institution have been left “profoundly saddened and shocked” by the death of a professor of astrophysics.
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Rise in number of students getting a first or 2:1
The number of firsts and 2:1s awarded by UK universities has continued to rise, now accounting for almost two thirds of undergraduates completing their first degree.
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One in eight UK scientists has witnessed research fraud
Research misconduct is “alive and well” at UK universities, the British Medical Journal has claimed.
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New dawn in the West after former Thames Valley leaves the at-risk list
V-c forecasts sunshine for a leaner, more fiscally sound University of West London. Jack Grove writes
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Stormy waters ahead as 'disruptive forces' sweep the old guard
Online education will turn the academy inside out, argue US authors. Sarah Cunnane reports
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'Invisible' gays in top roles? We'll have to see about that
Lack of v-cs who have come out is 'an issue across the sector', says Stonewall. David Matthews writes
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Midwifery teaching pressures 'threaten quality'
A worsening in the student-to-staff ratio in midwifery courses in recent years could be compromising the quality of teaching, a union has warned.
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£11m distributed to cut emissions
Hefce announces second batch of Revolving Green Fund projects. David Matthews reports
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MMR vaccine study disputeWakefield sues BMJ for libelThe former doctor whose discredited research linked the MMR vaccine to autism has launched a libel suit against the British Medical Journal....
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United StatesWe can't all be Frank Lloyd WrightStudents in architecture and the arts are among the most likely to struggle to find work after graduating, according to a US study. Unemployment among...