Science and construction fuel graduate employment surge
The revival of the science and construction industries has helped drive the biggest drop in UK graduate unemployment for 15 years, says new research.
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THE podcast: Ben Brabon Mooc interview
Download the podcastBen Brabon, academic courses manager for the School of Arts and Humanities at Nottingham Trent University, was responsible for the first for-credit massive open online course in...
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Nature Communications goes fully open access
The decision to make the prestigious journal Nature Communications fully open access amounts to a 鈥渇lag in the ground鈥 on the issue
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Success rate for women on Royal Society fellowship tumbles
A research funder has seen success rates for women applying to one of its fellowships plummet by more than 30 per cent since 2010
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THE podcast: 25 September - 1 October 2014 issue review
Download the podcastConcerns about the University of Central Lancashire鈥檚 Cyprus campus, the Labour party conference, the 糖心Vlog books section, and reaction to the Scottish...
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The week in higher education
糖心Vlog was able to reveal this week that the University of Warwick is at last preparing to lift the suspension imposed on lecturer Thomas Docherty
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Earth to economists: your ivory tower isolation is not an option
Economics is the subject of substantial controversy in Germany of late, with many articulate and emphatic appeals for the academic subject to do more for the cause of ethics.Throughout much of the...
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Brazilians get apology for poor work ethic email
Some 70 Science Without Borders students at Southampton received a message citing faculty complaints about their performance
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As graduate numbers fall, Brazil looks to raise quality
Government aims to prioritise standards over enrolment, claims minister
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Boris for PM? Don't forget his record in higher education
Boris Johnson was a popular shadow HE minister but universities might not find him so cuddly in the top job, writes Wes Streeting
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Joan of Arc: A History, by Helen Castor
Rachel Moss praises an elegant account that sets a charismatic Maid of Orleans in political context
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Chris Marlin, 1952-2014
A pro vice-chancellor who forged a new international dimension for the University of Sussex has died
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Careless talk costs you
Felipe聽Fern谩ndez-Armesto on academic Steven Salaita鈥檚 angry postings about Israel