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Campus round-up
Royal Holloway, University of LondonGold-letter day for alma materA postbox on a university campus has been painted gold to honour a graduate's success at the London Paralympics. Sophie Christiansen...
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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, by Christopher Clark
Strategy, bellicosity, blunder? A.W. Purdue weighs a fresh look at the Great War’s deadly genesis
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Dead kings and dodos are a hard act to follow
Witches, ducks, dead kings and dodos are among the reasons why people feel proud of their university, according to a Times Higher Education competition.
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Extra fee costs for London Met students covered by taskforce
International students at London Metropolitan University will be refunded any higher tuition fee charges as well as the extra cost of travel and accommodation if they move elsewhere to study, it has...
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Coalition were close to scrapping fees, claims Hughes
The coalition government was close to abolishing fees in 2010 and introducing a "graduate contribution system", the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has claimed.
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Inside Higher Ed: Smoking gun on sexism?
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Lib Dems adopt motion calling for increased science investment
The Liberal Democrats have adopted a motion to build cross-party consensus around large increases to the science and research budget, and to press for a public loans system for postgraduates.
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Cable laments 'mistakes' over fees presentation
Vince Cable, the business secretary, has admitted the government made mistakes in the way it presented tuition fees and in part blamed Lord Browne's 2010 review of university funding for the problem.
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Watchdog encourages more direction for budding entrepreneurs
Students should be offered the chance to learn entrepreneurial skills at university before they enter the job market, according a report by the higher education standards watchdog.
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Reprieve for students as judge says London Met can seek judicial review
A High Court ruling means London Metropolitan University's overseas students will be allowed to continue with their studies, while the university has been granted permission to apply for judicial...
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Salmon of doubt
A demonstration that brain researchers can detect meaningful neural activity in dead fish is among the research projects honoured in yesterday's Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
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MPs reach consensus against abolition of census
The planned ending of the UK’s national census will harm social science research in both government and the academy, MPs have warned.
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NUS launches third party action in London Met case
The National Union of Students is taking legal action on behalf of students at London Metropolitan University threatened with deportation after the university lost its licence for sponsor student...
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Clegg apology rebuffed by NUS
Student representatives and opposition MPs have rounded on Nick Clegg after the Liberal Democrat leader used a party political broadcast to apologise for breaking a pre-election pledge to oppose...