Willetts announces funding for ‘great technologies’
David Willetts has announced £85 million in funding to provide equipment in three of the “eight great technologies” being targeted to drive growth.
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University of London chalk protest sparks arrest
A protester has been arrested for allegedly writing in chalk on a university building during a demonstration in support of outsourced cleaners.
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Students spending millions commuting
Four out of five students live away from their university campus and spend around £50 a month travelling to their studies, new research shows.
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Animal testing figures jump sharply
The number of scientific procedures started on animals in the UK has risen sharply, increasing by 8 per cent.
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Inside Higher Ed: Foreign Student Dependence
By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed
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Neets find barriers blocking their path to study
Nine out of 10 people not in work, education or training aspire to get a job or study, but more than a third feel they will never be employed, according to a new survey.
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Purple corduroy haze: psychedelic academics go far out
Aging hippies and rare surviving examples of purple corduroy suits could be spotted at the University of Greenwich’s Breaking Convention conference last week, billed as “the 2nd multidisciplinary...
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THE books podcast: Rachel Bowlby interview
Download the podcastOur fifth Books podcast features Rachel Bowlby, author of A Child of One’s Own: Parental Stories, this week’s Times Higher Education Book of the Week. The University College...
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Tory MPs want overseas students cap
A group of Conservative MPs want to limit the number of international students allowed at all but the “top” 30 universities in the UK.
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Physics network launches second phase
The South East Physics Network, created five years ago to counteract a decline in the subject in the English region, has launched its second phase.
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‘Hogwarts’ degree-awarding powers need spelling out
Universities are too focused on students who go “punting on the Wear or the Cam”, while gaining degree-awarding powers is cloaked in magical secrecy.
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Unpaid graduate interns are mostly female, report shows
Almost two-thirds of graduates in unpaid internships six months after leaving university are female, according to new research.
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Government defends innovation policy
The government has defended its innovation policy after criticisms that the lack of a coherent strategy was harming UK business.
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