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A-level reformsOnce a year is enough, says sectorStudents in England will no longer be able to sit A-level exams in January, Ofqual has said. From September 2013, students starting their courses will...
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Access and excellence, locally and globally
In an era of disinvestment in the US’ public universities, the greatest of their number has improved its reputation through creativity, entrepreneurialism and innovation, says Robert Birgeneau
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Conference on Industrial Technologies - European manufacturing of the future, 1-2 December, Milan
Brussels, 22 Sep 2003 A major conference on 'European Manufacturing of the Future: role of research and education for European leadership' is being organised by the Commission in Milan on 1 and 2...
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Provisional Agenda of the 13 May Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry and Research) Council
Brussels, 09 May 2003 Full text of Document 8924/03 Suite of documents 8924/03 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 9073/03 PTS A 23 HORIZONTAL ISSUES 3. Industrial and...
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Appointments - 28 March 2013
University of LeedsPaul Stewart“I had a tear in my eye,” said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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Awards and promotions
University of LeedsPaul Stewart“I had a tear in my eye,” said the new dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds of the moment he learned of his appointment, which will take him back...
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Loud and clear
Researchers didn't hold back when EPSRC head Paul Golby asked for feedback on the council's workings. Things will improve, he vows
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Higher education: Universities must deliver their full potential to contribute to the Lisbon strategy (plus link to MEMO)
Brussels, 20 April 2005 The European Commission adopted today a Communication on “Mobilising the brainpower of Europe: enabling universities to make their full contribution to the Lisbon...
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Candidates, follow our curriculum and prepare for global government
Billionaire-backed Oxford school takes leaf out of US book. David Matthews reports
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There and Back Again: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Origins of the Hobbit
Like the road in Bilbo Baggins' song, the Tolkien industry goes ever on. No self-respecting medievalist's pension plan is complete, it seems, without a "pop" book explaining how J.R.R. got it all...
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News in brief
Jargon competitionCalling all guardians of clarity"Instead of adding to the overall footprint we are looking at the whole envelope of estate in terms of its conditionality." If that sentence makes no...
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Research Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: The Future of EU Research - chances for the new Member States The Polish Lisbon Strategy Forum
Warsaw, 4 February 2005 The Polish Lisbon Strategy Forum Warsaw, 4 February 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, I could not have addressed the issue of European Competitiveness and the future of R&D...
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The old heave-ho
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on the many reasons higher education leaders end up walking the plank
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Decline and fall of American presidencies
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on forced departures and how to avoid them
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Lack of support thwarts strong alliances with business, institutions say
Sector embraces partnerships but finds cash and structure wanting. Elizabeth Gibney reports