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Tome raiders
Sally Feldman hails the e-book’s rise - but many won’t abandon the paper trail
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14 July 2011
Support structures - How teacher training can help nurture world-class academics and institutions
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Funding council reaffirms case for Welsh mergers
Plans to merge Welsh universities to cut the total number of institutions from 10 to six have been backed by the education minister Leighton Andrews.
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Inside Higher Ed: Degrees of gravity
By Dan Berrett, for Inside Higher Ed
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Unions baulk at ‘third below-inflation pay offer in a row’
Higher education staff have been given a “final offer” of a £150 pay rise for the next academic year, provoking an angry reaction from the sector’s unions.
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One in three to charge £9k for all as Offa rubber-stamps access agreements
Tuition fees at English universities will average £8,393 in 2012, the Office for Fair Access confirmed today, significantly higher than the government’s estimate.
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Fees to average £8,800 a year in Wales as charges outstrip government estimate
Universities and colleges in Wales are to charge average annual tuition fees of £8,800 after the funding council rubber stamped their plans to improve access.
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Call for independent inquiry into suspension of Nottingham academic
A subject association has called for an independent inquiry into the suspension of a University of Nottingham academic for criticising the university’s role in the arrest of an administrator and a...
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Deep economic impact: new mission to ensure university research benefits UK business
Lord Sainsbury will be part of a new task force launched to investigate ways to turn more university research into viable businesses. Over the next 12 months the new task force, set up by the Council...
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Let’s do better: White Paper critics call for ‘visionary’ alternative
A group of academics and students has launched a drive for an “alternative” higher education White Paper in response to what they describe as the “sweeping, ill-considered reforms” set out in the...
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Willetts hit by second university no-confidence vote
Academics at the University of Leeds have passed a motion of no confidence in David Willetts.
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An honest showing
Normalised data allow fairer comparisons, and that is why ߣߣƵ will employ it for more indicators in its 2011-12 rankings, says Phil Baty
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More Abertay resignations follow principal's mystery exit
A fifth member of the University of Abertay Dundee's governing court has resigned following the suspension of the institution's principal in February.Bob Doak, a director at WL Gore, which...