Time is money: cumulative spending per OECD student
The UK spends $43,463 (£28,350) per student over the course of their higher education studies, data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development show.Figures in Education at a...
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After Willetts, the right-wing deluge?
But universities minister odds-on to stay put in the event of July reshuffle. John Morgan reports
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UCU condemns ‘unsettling’ role-matching test
Union passes motion of no confidence in University of Northampton’s restructuring exercise
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Qualified praise for hammer of the Welsh
Institutions have mostly favourable recollections of Welsh minister’s term. David Matthews writes
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Durham may take bond route to fund capital projects
Council gives go-ahead to fill gap left by public funding cuts
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Gone in 180 seconds
Years of research in 180 seconds. Elizabeth Gibney, one of the competition judges, reports from 3MT
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News in brief
Women in scienceThey’re gone – but why and where?The Lords Science and Technology Committee is to carry out an inquiry into why so many women drop out of academic science. Its notice announcing the...
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Cardiff v-c’s Union address: we need Europe
Cardiff v-c urges universities to wax pro-European in mooted referendum. David Matthews reports
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‘Council house movie star’ shines overseas
Scholar and ex-dancer’s research turns a queer eye on ageing performers. Matthew Reisz writes
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Campus round-up
Fat is a timely issueScientists studying an exotic fish have made a key discovery about the protective coating for nerve fibres that, in humans, is vital for everyday activities such as walking and...
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Odds and quads
American poet Peter Orlovsky (1933-2010), the partner of Allen Ginsberg for more than 40Â years, was himself a major Beat Generation figure.
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Big science v little science
Canadian researchers call for volte-face on global funding trend. Paul Jump reports
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News in brief
United StatesSTEM cell aims to raise standardsAn organisation representing 62 elite US universities has selected eight members to serve as project sites for a five-year initiative aimed at improving...
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Compose yourself: learn to blow your own trumpet
Music schools read financial notices and strike fresh notes. Jon Marcus reports
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Pedants, back in the corner
I am sure that lots of academics are asked to comment on book proposals for publishers from time to time – but what are the ethics of this process? For me, naturally one hates to do somebody else’s...