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Dundee academic David Boxer is moving on to pastures new by taking charge of the Institute of Food Research
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Appointments
The University of Bradford has announced the appointment of Geoff Layer as its deputy vice-chancellor (academic). Professor Layer will be responsible for the direction of Bradford's academic affairs...
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The Queen's laurels for controversial neoclassicist
A lauded artist shrugged off the brickbats of 1970s leftism to win royal honours. Olga Wotjas reports
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Focus on basic skills training not HE, say MPs
Committee cites downturn in calling for Government to drop participation targets. Hannah Fearn reports
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Original features
The Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House was built in 1878 as polite society's answer to the kind of brash popular entertainment on offer in the music halls of the day. It was shut down in 2005 but,...
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Liverpool Hope and charity split
Hope One World quits campus rather than cede control to the university, writes Melanie Newman
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Staffordshire Polytechnic is in the midst of a wrangle with the police and the county council over assets that could mean the loss of £250,000 and a library. It has asked the Education Assets Board...
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News in brief
Undergraduate admissionsUcas records 10 per cent growthThe number of full-time students accepted on to undergraduate courses is up 10 per cent. Final figures from the Universities and Colleges...
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Fees do not harm access, says architect of policy
Children's attainment is the key for the sector, argues Nick Barr. John Gill reports
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'Ragbag' American system comes in for some stick
Few would dispute that the US university system is the strongest in the world, but that did not stop it coming in for robust criticism at the ߣߣÊÓƵ-Hepi debate in London last week....
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Ideology alone is not enough to bar entry to US, judge says
Government must explain why visas are denied to foreign scholars, ruling states. Jon Marcus reportsA court has reversed one of a series of decisions by the US Government to deny visas to...
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Obama exploits academe to staff his White House
President Barack Obama's White House will have enough academics among its top appointees to teach a full curriculum.President Obama, who attended Harvard Law School, taught constitutional law at the...
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Overseas briefing
ߣߣÊÓƵIrrigation findings discreditedA university has had to backtrack from the findings of some of its most senior scientists after a study of irrigation in a parched area of ߣߣÊÓƵ was...
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Grant winners
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCHAward winner: M. CostaInstitution: Warwick Medical School, University of WarwickValue: £91,470Randomised clinical trial of total knee arthroplasty versus patellofemoral...
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It's time to feed fresh talent
Both the academy and society will benefit if pockets of excellence identified by the RAE are funded, says Alice Hynes