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University of WorcesterElizabeth PeelThe University of Worcester’s newly appointed professor of psychology and social change said the role provided an opportunity to “enthuse and engage” people...
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Appointments - 25 July 2013
University of WorcesterElizabeth PeelThe University of Worcester’s newly appointed professor of psychology and social change said the role provided an opportunity to “enthuse and engage” people...
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News in brief
MoocsMore massive and multilingual tooTwo leading US massive open online course providers have each almost doubled the number of universities offering courses on their respective platforms. Coursera...
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Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn
Could England force a similar reversal? Howard Hotson asks
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'Eight great technologies' for investment revealed
Universities and science minister David Willetts has laid out how the government plan to spend the £600 million allocated to research in December’s Autumn Statement
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Knowledge industry gets down to business
Universities will need to grasp the nettle of open learning if they are to survive. Tim Greenhalgh reports. Corporation campuses, the global academies, learning cultures, mutual profit were some of...
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The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945, by Richard Overy
Jill Stephenson praises a study of terror from the skies
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Australia sets sights on rebuilding overseas student market
Government speeds visas and extends post-study work opportunities
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Money and old tropes
The academy is paying too much, not too little, heed to calls for adaptability to the market, says Hannah Forsyth
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Globally renowned
The World Reputation Rankings measure an increasingly vital element in the social-network age, says Phil Baty
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Economy needs '10,000 extra science graduates'
The UK needs to educate at least an extra 10,000 science graduates a year just to maintain its current industrial position, a major new report has concluded.
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Biotechnology (Extracted from Industry Council, Luxembourg 6 June 2002)
Brussels 5 May 2002 The Council is expected to adopt Conclusions that address the development of life sciences and biotechnology in Europe. These focus on the overall approach set out in the...
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Critics sceptical of EPSRC review outcome
Council’s structure must be more ‘transparent and inclusive’, report finds. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Summer reads 2014
Scholars and senior sector figures on two books they plan to devour on holiday: a new must-read and a classic worthy of revisiting
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Roger Brown, Jim Butcher, Tina Haux, Hillegonda Rietveld and Sharon Wheeler...
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