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United StatesNo sex please, we're room-matesStudents at Tufts University in Boston have been banned from having sex in undergraduate halls of residence while their room-mates are in. A spokeswoman...
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The sleeping giant is rising to challenge global order
India's increasing productivity may lead to a 'new geography' of research worldwide. Phil Baty reports
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Top countries in space sciences
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999 through June 2009
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The week in higher education
He has demonstrated a fondness for luxury in the past - not least on summer holidays in Corfu - but now it has emerged that Lord Mandelson also has very expensive taste in watches. The First...
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UK boosts standing but Asian countries 'snap at our heels'
US dominance slips, UK improves position but China and Korea close the gap, writes Phil Baty
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Conservatives may scrap potential-impact terms
Shadow secretary rejects 'clunky business' of pre-defined research outputs. Melanie Newman writes
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Britons place little impotence on good spelling
The claim that British students are sloppier in their use of English than their international counterparts provoked a lively response from online readers of ÌÇÐÄVlog.A study by Bernard...
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Publisher drops claim of plagiarism
Academic is thought to have threatened legal action over accusations, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Four in ten top scholars educated privately
Sutton Trust highlights domination of sector and calls for change. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Students' rosy outlook blamed as two thirds shun university careers advice
Hindsight may be a wonderful thing, but for the Class of 2009, more forethought would have stood them in better stead post-graduation, according to new research.The Futuretrack study run by the...
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Scots' fears over banding shake-up
Science and the arts benefit but IT and education miss out in proposed system, writes Hannah Fearn
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QAA head's parting shot at MPs' 'Spanish Inquisition'
Outgoing chief tells Rebecca Attwood about rude committees and the need for autonomy
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Five-year grants? Try 12 months
Physicists lament as financial woes see STFC temporarily cut funding lengths. Zoë Corbyn writes
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News in brief
WalesFunding diktats on the tableThe ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for Wales is consulting on plans to dictate where more of universities' funding is spent. The consultation, which will end on 6...
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Completion data error 'was just a misunderstanding'
V-c facing £3.5m clawback insists Wolverhampton correctly reported figures, writes Melanie Newman