Sir Albert Sloman, 1921-2012
The founding vice-chancellor of the University of Essex - an institution shaped by "his clear-sighted vision" - has died.Sir Albert Sloman was born in Cornwall on 14 February 1921 and educated at...
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Campus round-up
Nottingham Trent UniversityHive mindsA colony of 10,000 honeybees has been established on a university's city campus in the hope of boosting urban biodiversity and helping to arrest the insect's...
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Scientific adviser serves with local counsel
Southampton City Council has appointed a chief scientific adviser, claiming to be the first local authority to do so.
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Places scarce as Scottish exam results are announced
More Scottish students have been accepted on to places at universities in the country than this time a year ago, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
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Higher education’s five chariots of fire
Almost a fifth of the athletes competing for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics are current or former students from five UK universities, an analysis has shown.
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Inside Higher Ed: Wheaton’s Emergency Shift
By Libby A. Nelson for Inside Higher Ed
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And the gold for making women welcome goes to…
The University of Edinburgh’s department of chemistry has become only the second department to win the UK’s top accolade for addressing the under-representation of women in science, technology,...
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At home and away, Salford will train to gain
The University of Salford aims to win £5 million of contracts to train workers in the UK and abroad through a new subsidiary company launched this week.
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Advert for unpaid UCL research role withdrawn
Another university has been pressured into withdrawing an advertisement for an unpaid role after critics labelled it exploitative and unethical.
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Pieces of Light: The New Science of Memory
Alan Collins lauds a text that strikes a balance between science, literature and reminiscence
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No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses
A 'memoir of discovery' leaves Tara Smith longing to learn more of the man inside the hazmat suit
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Trust and Violence: An Essay on a Modern Relationship
It is daring or perhaps disarming of an author to begin a book with a basic question, especially if it is a difficult book. This one begins with a question borrowed from the writer Walter Kempowski...
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Can Journalism Survive? An Inside Look at American Newsrooms
We're witnessing either the end of journalism or the birth of a golden age - depending on your point of view, or more likely depending on whether or not you are a journalist. This is the key theme of...
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News in brief
United StatesDecimation isn't the half of itA university in West Virginia has announced that it will cut its workforce by 50 per cent. Mountain State University officials made the announcement last...