NUSâ Twitter hustings puts parties to the test
As part of its #GenerationVote campaign, the National Union of Students asked Tory, Green, Lib Dem and Labour candidates about higher education policies
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News in brief â 23 April 2015
Student votesTuition fee âliarsâ targetedThe National Union of Students has launched a national advertising campaign aimed at unseating the 38 MPs, nearly all Liberal Democrats, who broke the pledge...
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Grant winners â 23 April 2015
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilAward winners: Hannah Holtschneider (PI) and Mia SpiroInstitutions: Universities of Edinburgh and GlasgowValue: ÂŁ495,418Jewish lives, Scottish spaces: Jewish...
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Crumpets still for tea
Source: GettyâHere we go again.âThat was the aggrieved reaction of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, to the news that Sir Jim McDonald, the principal and vice-chancellor of the...
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The week in higher education â 23 April 2015
âNo player is bigger than the club,â runs the football clichĂ©. Plymouth University has been given a similar lesson in an external report on its governance that was recommended by the Higher Education...
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Party lines and party lapses
What would politicians do for higher education in the next government? To find out, our panel gave them a grilling
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ÂŁ8m funding cut could âdestroyâ Northern Irelandâs institutions
Queenâs v-c speaks out amid plans to axe 236 staff and reduce student numbers by more than 1,000
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Private college approved for public loan funding despite concerns
QAA to review AA Hamilton College after identifying âa number of significant weaknessesâ
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EU commissioner to mine untapped research riches
Carlos Moedas says gender and international diversity will yield gold
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Beware spread of laddism, universities told
Awareness of the impact of lad culture and the specific behaviours associated with it needs to be increased, conference hears
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Death may have many dates, conference hears
The Red Barn murder, organ donation and grave re-use were topics at an academic seminar
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Campus close-up: University of Sussex
Nearing its half-century, the Science Policy Research Unitâs bold bid to find âradical solutionsâ to global problems will cast the expertise net wide
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UK academy may need diversity quota, says US dean
Head of Georgetownâs McDonough School of Business says that changing white male domination may require âsomething dramaticâ
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UKâs big guns make a stand for research in Europe
Mass lobby in Brussels for Horizon 2020 funding âdraws line in the sandâ on cuts
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Subject: how to master your inbox
Many academics suffer âemail overloadâ, says one study, which also considers how to get a grip. Plus the latest higher education appointments