Languages and linguistics round-up
English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British IslesAuthors: Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill and Dominic WattEdition: FifthPublisher: Hodder...
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Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversity
Author: John EdwardsEdition: FirstPublisher: Bloomsbury/ContinuumPages: 152Price: £45.00 and £12.99ISBN: 9781441123480 and 26955Textbooks come in all shapes and sizes. Some look like exam revision...
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Complete International Law: Texts, Cases, and Materials
Author: Ademola AbassEdition: FirstPublisher: Oxford University PressPages: 776Price: £33.99ISBN: 9780199578702International law has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent decades and has...
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Student review: Selwyn's Law of Employment
Author: Astra EmirEdition: SeventeenthPublisher: Oxford University PressPages: 792Price: £34.99ISBN: 9780199640263Selwyn's Law of Employment has long been a market leader among employment law...
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Law round-up
The Rules, Practice, and Jurisprudence of International Courts and TribunalsEditor: Chiara GiorgettiEdition: FirstPublisher: Brill/Martinus NijhoffPages: 612Price: EUR179.00ISBN:...
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Tobacco gift to Durham caused turmoil at the top
Did ethical issues lead to the exit of the registrar and the council vice-chair? asks David Matthews
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Harvard launches huge fundraising campaign
Harvard University has launched a fundraising campaign that it hopes will boost its coffers by $6.5 billion (£4.1 billion).
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Inside Higher Ed: An invitation rescinded
By Libby A. Nelson, for Inside Higher Ed
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Dissolution of the post-92s: Andrews backs down on forced move in Wales
Plans by the Welsh education minister to forcibly dissolve Cardiff Metropolitan University have been dropped.
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Will the last university to leave the 1994 Group please turn out the lights
The University of Surrey has left the 1994 Group, saying the move reflects "the changing higher education environment".
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Hefce fears sector finances could be 'poorer than anticipated'
Universities will have a “sound” financial footing in 2014-15 but face risks to their income due to declining demand from home and international students, according to England's funding council.
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Graduate nurses don't care? 'Erroneous' media-fuelled anxiety, says report
The move to make nursing an all-graduate profession has not had a detrimental effect on the quality of care, an independent commission on the future of nurse education has found.
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Academics make pub pitches for charity
Researchers at University College London got a chance to raise money for a wide range of charitable projects this week - by pitching their ideas in a pub and getting the audience to vote for them.
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Latest winners for investment fund announced
Seven university, business and charity partnerships have been announced as winners of the second round of the Research Partnership Investment Fund.
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Willetts signs UK-Indonesia agreement
The UK government has signed an agreement with the Indonesian minister of education establishing eight new partnerships between universities in the two countries.