Queen鈥檚 University Belfast appoints new v-c
Queen鈥檚 University Belfast has announced that its dean of medicine, dentistry and biomedical sciences will take over as its president and vice-chancellor
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UCU members back strike action
Nearly two-thirds of University and College Union members voting in a ballot have backed strike action in a row over pay.
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London Met stops legal action against the government
London Metropolitan University has agreed to end legal action against the 糖心Vlog Office over the revoking of its licence to recruit overseas students.
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Immigration bill attacked by NUS
Measures to tackle illegal immigration are 鈥渄iscriminatory鈥 to international students and send the message that they are not welcome in the UK.
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Willetts announces latest research investment fund money
The last three universities to benefit from the current round of the government鈥檚 Research Partnership Investment Fund have been announced.
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THE podcast: 10 October 2013 issue review
Listen to the podcastThe growing number of courses offered in English by European universities, our weekly books section, essay mills, and the inaugural 糖心Vlog World Academic Summit...
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Q&A with Marina Warner
We speak to the chair of judges for the Man Booker International Prize 2015. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Campus round-up - 10 October 2013
Look back in AngliaThe University of East Anglia marked its 50th anniversary celebrations with a festival that featured Norfolk鈥檚 first firework volcano - a 5m replica of Indonesia鈥檚 Mount Merapi. A...
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10 October 2013
Cash for answers - What do ghostwritten essays cost the academy?
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Odds and quads - 10 October 2013
On 13 November 1967, Newcastle University became the first and only British university to give Martin Luther King an honorary degree during his lifetime
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THE Scholarly Web - 10 October 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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News in brief - 10 October 2013
Open accessSpoof, where is thy sting?The journal Science has said the acceptance for publication of a spoof scientific paper by a large proportion of open-access journals in a 鈥渟ting operation鈥 had...
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News in brief - 10 October 2013
China/JapanScholar held after Shanghai returnA Chinese academic living in Japan has been detained by his government since July, according to fellow Chinese academics and a Japanese newspaper. Chinese...
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Grant winners - 10 October 2013
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Vincent FuscoInstitution: Queen鈥檚 University BelfastValue: 拢173,435Near field subwavelength resolution imaging in lossy inhomogeneous...
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We push as聽Europe pulls
Shoddy treatment of foreign students plays into the hands of continental rivals taking us on at our own anglophone game