Cable: 'Something has to be cut - tell me what the priorities are'
Vince Cable used a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat party conference to defend his stance on cutting some science funding in the forthcoming public spending review.
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Universities are blind to open-learning train set to smash up their models
Open learning and new technology are about to smash the structure of the modern university - and higher education is too distracted by its funding problems to notice.Peter Smith, the senior vice-...
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Nobel predictions dominated by US
Canada, Japan, France and UK are home to just a quarter of forecast prizewinners, writes Paul Jump
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Arts disciplines make their case to minister for science
David Willetts tells the British Academy that the government values its work. Matthew Reisz reports
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UK values the 'soft' rewards of going global
The notion that British universities are motivated mainly by money in their enthusiasm for internationalisation is misguided, according to a senior UK academic.Christine Ennew, the pro vice-...
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Logged out of Facebook to network with their neurons
Students at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology found themselves forbidden from using the Facebook social networking website at the start of the new semester as part of a week-long...
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Bigger bursaries are not better at attracting poor
Offa chief suggests cash should go to outreach in schools instead, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Union draws ire for its decision to hold fire
The leadership of the University and College Union is under fire from the Left of the organisation amid accusations that its retreat from a national strike ballot is a "debacle" that demolishes any...
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Global Impact: Revamped rankings cause elation and consternation
Delight in US, gloom in Europe and scratching of heads in ߣߣÊÓƵ. Phil Baty assesses reactions
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Fair access is beyond price
Big bursaries are not enticing the poor into elite institutions; targeted outreach may be an answer, says Sir Martin Harris
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This is no time to cut the strings of Britain's economic parachute
University research generates ideas and keeps the country competitive - so we must protect its funding, argues Paul Wellings
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Daytime TV: A class apart
The politics of the North-South divide gave material for many gritty novels of the 1960s, says Gary Day
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Nobel Prize Predictions, 2002-10
Nobel Prize Predictions, 2002-10Data provided by Thomson Reuters Research Services Group, 2002-10YearMedicineChemistryPhysicsEconomics2010D. L. Coleman, J. M. Friedman (leptin) %3Cbr /%3EE. A....
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Brand-new exciting rankings!
Yes, all of us at The Poppletonian are delighted to announce the publication of the brand-new, completely revised, dramatically improved, extraordinarily more sensitive higher education rankings for...
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Don't let views cloud scientific integrity
Global ethics guidelines set out researchers’ duties to be clear and above board, writes Paul Jump