Danish drugs giant invests in new UK university research centre
Novo Nordisk to invest 拢115 million in University of Oxford centre despite Brexit

Novo Nordisk to invest 拢115 million in University of Oxford centre despite Brexit

Dramatic student number shifts revealed by Ucas figures come as uncertainty looms on multiple fronts

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Has scholarly pessimism helped fuel anti-expert rhetoric? Panglossian we are not, but when hope fails, there鈥檚 humour, says Shahidha Bari
On 26 January, the University of Warwick, like other English universities, put in its teaching excellence framework submission. It was with mixed feelings 鈥 mixed because, although we agree with the...
Steve Fuller argues in his feature 鈥淓t tu, academe?鈥 (26 January) the case for 鈥渁cademic Caesars鈥, leaders who can make the radical decisions necessary to ensure that universities can survive...
One thing that the feature on confessing research mistakes (鈥淭o err is human; to admit it, trying鈥 (26 January)) does not get into is journals鈥 review processes. A journal stakes its reputation on...
Re 鈥淭heresa May to seek new 鈥榗redible alternative鈥 to universities鈥 (23 January, www.timeshighereducation.com). The new technical courses look suitably redesigned and the reformed apprenticeships...

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