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Australia's new funding chief aims for open access and a pragmatic, flexible ERA. Paul Jump reports

Australia's new funding chief aims for open access and a pragmatic, flexible ERA. Paul Jump reports
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Analysis with revised data and modelling points to 'serious' consequences ahead. John Morgan writes

Universities dismiss Michael Gove's call for them to take charge of examinations, reports Jack Grove
• David Willetts stressed the importance of evidence-based policy as he participated in the official launch of a university-run website linking academics and policymakers. On 16 October the...
With so little hard data about, the decision on taking more places out of the numbers cap is tough. It might all come down to cost
Right outside Sather Gate at the University of California, Berkeley, student activists are canvassing and urging their fellow students to "Register and Vote!" I don't know for sure whether they are...

One of the classic images of the frozen North, Sir Edwin Landseer's Man Proposes, God Disposes was first exhibited in 1864 and praised for its "tragic grandeur".
Queen Mary, University of LondonTim BaleA newly appointed professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London said it was a difficult decision to leave his post at the University of Sussex but...

Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi on the challenges facing Western institutions seeking to gain a foothold in India

Steady nerves required - The tricky business of establishing a foreign outpost in India

Filled with treasures from around the globe and across the ages, England’s university museums are as varied as their funding, but those of Oxford and Cambridge still take the lion’s share of Hefce...

Korean horror may draw Western attention for its brutality, but its focus on sacrifice and expiation is distinctive, says Daniel Martin

A lecturer who played a pivotal role in training teachers all the way from Kingston to Chile has died.Cynthia Jones was born on 26 October 1950 and educated at Greenhill County School in...

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