UK is citation sensation in physics
The quality of US physics has been surpassed by that of both Canada and the UK over the past decade, new analysis commissioned by the Institute of Physics suggests.
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Promote a benign state of mind, peacekeeper urges global academy
Universities must foster in their students the “benevolent and amiable temper of mind” defined by the novelist Henry Fielding, a leading international peacekeeper told the Association of...
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Inside Higher Ed: Attack of the memes
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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Cable holds firm to appoint Ebdon
Les Ebdon has been formally appointed as the new director of fair access, with business secretary Vince Cable telling the parliamentary committee that rejected him there were no “new, relevant facts...
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Private firm extends student accommodation empire
A private company that specialises in long-term multi-million pound deals to build and run student facilities has extended its reach in the sector with a new ?57.2 million contract with Nottingham...
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UUK fails in bid for amendment to FoI Act
The government has rejected calls for an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act that would specifically exempt pre-publication research data from release.
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Legal challenge to fees hike fails
Two teenagers have lost their legal battle against the increase in tuition fees this year.
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‘Consensus statement’ on research integrity released
The UK Research Integrity Office has welcomed calls for it to be placed at the centre of a toughened research integrity oversight regime in the UK.
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Payback time as Tories win student loans concession
Students will not be penalised for paying back their tuition fees early, the government has indicated.
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Core and margin plan tests the limits of collegial behaviour
Small gains for colleges may come at cost of university collaborations. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
United StatesContraceptives cause headachesA Pennsylvania university has denied that it is encouraging sexual promiscuity among students after gaining international notoriety for allowing...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Services and Delivery Research programme? Award winner: Russell Mannion? Institution: University of Birmingham? Value: ?449,878Effective board governance...
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Occupy publishing
Timothy Gowers is boycotting Elsevier and hopes to spark reform that will replace expensive journals with a more rational system
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Combination acts
Collaboration should not be a dirty word in the arts, says Stephen Mumford
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Institutions count cost of exceeding student cap
Stiff fines await over-recruiters, with London Met facing a possible ?6m bill. John Morgan reports