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Knowledge transferNeed for IP speedThirteen of the UK's "most innovative" universities have been awarded more than £750,000 to help ease their intellectual property's transition from the academy to...
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Centre puts a forensic focus on rot at the heart of power
Sussex unit to investigate ways to keep politicians honest. Matthew Reisz reports
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Not all enterprise is private
Adam O'Boyle outlines how student-led third-sector bodies can offer institutions social and financial benefits
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A poor policy poorly managed leaves little to show for £315m
Hefce admits that the multimillion-pound Cetls scheme had minimal impact on student learning. Paul Ramsden is not surprised
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More democratic, more accountable and closer to its members: Sally Hunt says her planned UCU reforms will engage it with society
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Working with, not against
Students' unions now focus on cooperation, not opposition, says Paul Greatrix
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Sandwiches are us
"A commercial breakthrough." That was how Desmond Ponzi, the manager of our staff snack bar, The Big Hub, described the fundamental changes he is making to his current "retailing strategy".From now...
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Laissez-faire attitude to Sarkozy's reforms as election looms
Economic crisis leaves French politicians tight-lipped on universities budget. Clea Caulcutt writes
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Research intelligence - Euro funding star in the ascendant
ERC leader Helga Nowotny talks to Paul Jump about concentration, competition and the future
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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My fellow Americans, college is not a priority
Presidential hopefuls' attitudes to sector range from indifference to hostility. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
• Racism is usually blamed on complex factors such as socio-economic background, peer group influence and political propaganda, but one academic study has suggested that rock music also has a case to...
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Leader: They never came to the boil
The dearth of funds to invest in teaching today makes the Cetls' meagre legacy all the more disappointing
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From Where I sit - Threat to national security
Throughout the history of the US, the nation has drawn strength from its large, established middle class - families who owned homes, saved for retirement and lived in relative security. They could...
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Odds and Quads
This "flying machine" is suspended from the ceiling of the Athena Building in Teesside University, where it forms part of a suite of 26 pieces called Dream Migration.