29 September 2011
A necessary intervention - How to revive UK life sciences
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鈥榃hat about the common good?鈥 Chaplains respond to White Paper
Forty university chaplains have signed a letter criticising the coalition government鈥檚 White Paper for seeing higher education in 鈥渉ighly individual鈥 terms.
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Date set for strike at Middlesex
Two unions are set for strike action at Middlesex University over job cuts that some claim could reduce the workforce by 15 per cent.
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University of London v-c to step down
The vice-chancellor of the University of London has announced he is stepping down just one year into the post.
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Scottish university to offer three year degrees to help students cut costs
The University of Dundee is to introduce three year degrees to appeal to debt-shy undergraduates from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Political parties wrangle over facts and figures in Labour鈥檚 拢6k fees plan
Labour鈥檚 plan to cap tuition fees at 拢6,000 would be of greatest benefit to graduates in their 50s earning 拢72,500 a year, according to an analysis.
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Inside Higher Ed: 鈥業rvine 11鈥 found guilty
By Libby A. Nelson, for Inside Higher Ed
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Labour proposes 拢6k fee cap, but Conservatives smell a U-turn
The Labour Party would reduce the annual tuition fee cap to 拢6,000 if it were in power, Ed Miliband has said, in an apparent move away from favouring a graduate tax.
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Funding bodies stump up cash in open access agreement
Three European funding agencies have signed an open access funding agreement with journal publisher Wiley-Blackwell.
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Pressure on EPSRC mounts over 鈥榮haping capabilities鈥 programme
Six leading scientific bodies, including the Royal Society, have urged the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to reconsider its controversial 鈥渟haping capability鈥 measures.
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Evoke Calliope to ease the brutalising disease
Poetry contest reminds trainee medics that patients are people, not machines. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in brief
AustraliaTonic for youthThe Australian federal government is to significantly increase student support following changes approved by the Parliament of Australia. The youth allowance, which supports...
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Victoria values: reign abroad but protect one's reputation
The University of Buckingham flies the UK flag in Uganda. David Matthews reports from Kampala
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Can we ever know the truth about the Armenian 'genocide'?
Debate has been further inflamed by claims that Turkey has paid off historians. Jack Grove reports
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Budge up a bit, says Holyrood
SNP plans for sector focus on mergers and research concentration. David Matthews reports