Russell Group criticises student expansion plan
The Russell Group has attacked the government’s decision to abolish student number caps, warning of a potential decline in quality.
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Quantum technology gets boost from autumn statement
The government has given quantum technologies research a boost in the autumn statement.
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REF selectivity fears ‘prove unfounded’
Fears that universities would be more selective about who they submitted to the 2014 research excellence framework have proved unfounded.
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Undergraduate numbers cap ‘to be abolished’ – Osborne
The government will abolish the cap on student numbers “altogether†the year after next, George Osborne has announced
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Willetts has ‘lost control’ of budget - Byrne
David Willetts has “lost control†of his department’s budget in “spectacular fashionâ€, according to his Labour counterpart Liam Byrne.
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Lord Krebs issues warning over science funding
The government has been warned by a leading peer not to cut the science and research budget in today’s autumn statement.
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THE podcast: 5 December 2013 issue review
Download the podcastA lack of female representation among university governors, this week’s Books section, gender segregation at university events and student protest in Turkey are all discussed in...
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THE podcast: J. Noah Brown interview
Download the podcastIn this interview podcast, J. Noah Brown, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Community College Trustees, discusses the future of the community college...
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The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present, by David Runciman
A. W. Purdue on the risky belief that participatory government can always muddle through any crisis
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Lament for the dawn chorus
Bird numbers in Britain and Ireland - monitored with the aid of citizen scientists - are falling. Tim Birkhead calls for action
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Black scholars: trapped on the race track?
African American scholars still struggle for public prominence outside discussions of racial justice, says Daniel Matlin
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Governance gender gap still yawning
Audit finds lack of women on university boards affects female v-c numbers
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Anti-Crisis, by Janet Roitman
Chris Knight on an analysis of crisis as a narrative device
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News in brief - 5 December 2013
AustraliaPlea to cut bureaucracyThe main lobbying group for universities in Australia has told the federal government’s new commission into public spending that some projects brought in under Labor...
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THE Scholarly Web - 5 December 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere