Whale of an evolutionary time
Patricia Piccinini’s Sky Whale, created by Cameron Balloons in Bristol, was inspired by the artist’s reflections on evolution
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Cash for R&D or wider access? UUK wants both
Body defends science and social mobility funds from spending review
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UCU Left’s call to go for growth decried as ‘gamble’
Arguments intensify over union’s austerity plans in run-up to congress
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Academia must convince BIS on capital funding for research
UK universities must form business partnerships to demonstrate the need for public investment. By Elizabeth Gibney
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Dodgy scholars' sick notes and scapegoats
The excuses academics use to explain away fraudulent research results
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US-style GPA is one numbers game too many, NUS argues
National Union of Students and businesses say stick to the Hear
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News in brief - 16 May 2013
Unistats websiteHefce report spots local difficultiesA report on the first year of the Unistats website, which gives prospective students information on course fees, graduate salaries and other data...
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News in brief - 16 May 2013
AfricaContinental shift on plagiarismAcademics from across Africa will meet later this month to discuss plagiarism on the continent. The inaugural African Academic Integrity Seminars will take place...
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Campus round-up - 16 May 2013
Source: ReutersDan roamingThe British Judo Association has chosen a university to house its Centre of Excellence in England. An independent performance review of the association earlier this year...
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Edinburgh scholar aims to keep Gaelic flame burning
Robert Dunbar appointed to University of Edinburgh chair of Celtic languages
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Odds and quads - 16 May 2013
The archive of the Animation Research Centre, housed at the University for the Creative Arts Farnham, contains more than a million objects tracing the development of British animation from the 1940s...
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Smoke and mirrors over Brazil’s study-abroad plan?
Flagship study-abroad scheme may have failed to attract desired numbers. Donna Bowater reports
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'Serfs' up
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN) produces the majority of Russian research - but are its members, set to vote for a new president, “serfs”?
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Can San José show US academy the way?
Institution’s experiment combining classroom and online education aims to clear gridlocked ‘gateway’ courses
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Part-time campus jobs: low pay, no respect?
Postgraduates recount ill-treatment by academics as well as bosses