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ߣߣÊÓƵR&D spending shoots up 25%Spending on research at ߣߣÊÓƵn universities has rocketed in recent years. Data from the ߣߣÊÓƵn Bureau of Statistics reveal that total expenditure on...
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Wealth-making is all about location, location, location
Study says geography trumps expertise as key to university profit-generation, Hannah Fearn writes
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Study reveals huge shifts in top awards in law
Dramatic changes in the proportion of higher classification degrees awarded by some university law departments have been highlighted in a new study.The poll by Norman Baird, an education consultant...
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Plenty of data, but little insight
UK universities claimed to be suffering through lack of institutional research. John Gill reports
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News in brief
Energy Technologies InstituteEPSRC loses out on fundingMPs have criticised the Government for making the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council divert funding from its research programme...
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Sterling support for a greener tomorrow
'Living' multipartner programme to tackle climate change nets £1bn in funding. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Group efforts in learning's delivery room
Aid 'labouring students' to bring knowledge to life, urges Leeds Met pro v-c. Rebecca Attwood reports
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The level-headed superhero
Increasingly bitter and complex campus disputes need sane, tactful ombudsmen to solve them, says G.R. Evans
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The Star Wars solution to climate change that will crash back to earth
Strategies to deal with global warming must embrace all disciplines and approaches, not merely the technological, says Mike Hulme
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The divine is in the detail
Clumsy questions and dodgy data bedevil claims that high IQ leads to atheism, says Denis Alexander. A closer look offers a different picture
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Blind faith in metrics is 'unfounded'
Warning about 'subjectivity' of data raises concerns about the REF's use of indices, writes Zoe Corbyn
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An explosive finale to a hammer-and-drill duet
It would drive any lecturer to distraction - the constant noise of drilling and hammering interrupting a key and complex lecture to a hundred attentive students.After months of similar problems - and...
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Inquiry considers Lampeter's future
Closure is ruled out but a review will scrutinise leadership and strategy. Melanie Newman reports
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The week in higher education
- White working-class boys are turning their back on university, according to new research. A government-funded study found that white teenagers were less likely to go to university than school-...
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School should be an issue for admissions staff
The body that advises the Prime Minister on education is to recommend that universities take candidates' schools into account when deciding whether to offer them a place.The National Council for...