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The Brit stuff
The BNSC calls for UK investment in manned space exploration as the Government announces the centre’s replacement. Zoë Corbyn reports
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ÌÇÐÄVlog truths Down Under
Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding?...
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How to stay on top
In this age of austerity, we need to fund excellence, say David Price and Stephen Caddick
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From where I sit - Write better to arrest book decline
The US has elected a President who glides effortlessly from reading books to surfing the internet, yet it remains no easier to imagine a sequel to "Books That Changed Our Minds", a 1939 symposium in...
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Tara Brabazon: Global address system
An African postgraduate’s vision of a ‘Radio 2.0’ that brings communities together reminds Tara Brabazon that overseas students contribute far more to the UK academy than just tuition fees
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Appointments
City University LondonPaul CurranPaul Curran, vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University, has lauded the "can-do collegiality" of City University London after being named its next head. A former Nasa...
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Individual and national success demands one path to higher skills
To meet future challenges, we need a single knowledge infrastructure incorporating higher and further education, says Lord Mandelson
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Restructure or die, funding chief tells cash-hit universities
Hard times will force hard decisions as the sector is told to tighten its belt. Phil Baty reports
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EPSRC chief questions Government's funding stance
BIS agenda could direct more cash to agency that supports business innovation, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Backing for appliance of science to UK strengths
The Government will push ahead with its controversial plan to align research funding with the UK's future industrial strengths.The plan could see funding concentrated on fields that are considered...
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Impact policy needs 'more evidence'
Campaign says Treasury must appoint science adviser to articulate strategies, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Lords condemn ‘retrograde’ department merger
Government’s perception of the value of higher education called into question. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Abandon ‘out-of-date’ Haldane principle on research priorities
Select committee says it’s time for ‘transparent and rigorous’ debate on publicly funded work. Melanie Newman reports
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Recession hits US private fundraising, but others do better
As alumni donations to US universities plummet, Canada and Asia forge ahead. Hannah Fearn writes