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United StatesObama to reform student loansBarack Obama has promised to make higher education more affordable by reforming student loans. In his first State of the Union address, the US President said...
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Once a science superpower, Russia is now a fading light
Report highlights 'shocking' decline in output in traditional research strongholds. Phil Baty writes
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Grant winners
WELLCOME TRUST - FELLOWSHIPSAward winner: Frances WillenbrockInstitution: Cancer Research UKValue: £304,648Defining the signalling that leads to activation of lymphocyte integrinsAward winner: David...
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Scientific soup
Economist Andrew Oswald's appointment to a top science journal's board highlights a blurring of the hard and soft sciences
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Appointments
The president of the European Research Council is to step down to devote more time to his research at Imperial College London. Over the past three years, Fotis Kafatos, who also chairs the ERC's...
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Birmingham to 'rebalance' £20m to cope with cuts
Former Hefce head outlines ambitious plan to save £10m and earn £10m. John Morgan reports
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Odds and quads
This dramatic sculpture by Japanese artist Koichi Ishino, Wind Stone - Earth and Sky, stands next to the Sir Michael Cobham Library on Bournemouth University's Talbot Campus.A former winner of the...
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Faith and science were once friendlier bedfellows
A lecturer reminds us of the religious ideals of the early Royal Society. Matthew Reisz reports
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THE World University Rankings
Why are European taxpayers paying EUR1.1 million (£950,000) for the development of a new set of university performance measures when there are already two "globally recognised" rankings produced by...
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Embrace an old-timer now
Cherish the humble professor whose focus is on knowledge - not the latest gimmick - while you can, says Jeffrey Ross
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There's nothing difficult or undesirable about sharing scholarship
Intellectual as well as strategic arguments should lead scholars to welcome research impact assessment, says Robin Hambleton
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Have you nothing to say about the cost and value of what you provide?
Anna Fazackerley wonders why vice-chancellors are so quiet about the future of tuition fees - and what students should expect for their money
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Help us help you and them
University support for the Teach First scheme will benefit everyone involved in education, asserts James Darley
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The week in higher education
Universities have been urged to take the "brief window through which they might escape and be true to themselves" as the Government strengthens its hold over the sector. Writing in The Guardian on 26...
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Refusal to comply on impact failing to sink grant applications
Some research councils face opposition, but others see creative thinking. Zoë Corbyn writes