Survey of UK university finances, 2013
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Asia University Rankings 2013 results
Regional competitors are hot on Japan’s heels in inaugural THE Asia University Rankings
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Welsh universities set for large funding increase
Overall funding for Welsh universities is set to increase by 13.6 per cent next academic year.
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Cyclist killed in London was UCL academic
A cyclist killed earlier this week in London has been named as University College London academic Katharine Giles.
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One cleared, one guilty in Cardiff research misconduct case
Cardiff University’s dean of medicine has been cleared of research misconduct but the institution has found a former member of his lab guilty of image falsification in four papers.
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Gender admissions gap ‘growing’ under higher fees
Boys have been deterred from going to university more than girls in the first year of higher tuition charges, a new study by the Independent Commission on Fees says.
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Mendeley founders defend '£65m' sale to Elsevier
The founders of Mendeley have insisted that selling the company to the controversial academic publisher Elsevier will result only in “good things”
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RCUK changes open-access guidance yet again
Research Councils UK has removed from its guidance on its open-access policy an exhortation for institutions and authors to make sure a “proper market in article fees” operates.
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Toni Pearce elected next NUS president
Toni Pearce has been elected as the next president of the National Union of Students, promising to fight for “a movement where students’ unions are leading from the front and aren’t just an...
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London Met visa ban lifted
London Metropolitan University will again be allowed to recruit international students after the Home Office ended the revocation of its visa licence.
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Liam Burns warns of student ‘triple-dip recession’
Students today face a “triple-dip recession” consisting of a lack of jobs, opportunities to study and future prospects, according to the president of their national union.
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Thatcher had ‘immense impact’ on higher education
Margaret Thatcher’s “revolutionary” reforms helped to transform an ailing university system into a world-leading higher education system, a vice-chancellor has said.
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Thatcher’s death prompts call for ‘sensitivity’ at NUS conference
National Union of Students’ president Liam Burns has called for “sensitivity” and “respect” after some delegates at the union’s annual conference were heard to cheer news that former prime minister...
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US academics’ salaries ‘slowly recovering’
Salaries for full-time faculty members at US colleges and universities are slowly recovering after years of below-inflation rises, although higher education institutions are increasingly reliant on...
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Joan Bakewell speaks up for part-time students
Part-time study needs “unprecedented support” to help kick-start the UK’s flagging economy, Labour peer Baroness Bakewell has said.