Copyright reforms to aid research
Sweeping reforms to copyright law are set to open the door for greater access to research papers.
Sweeping reforms to copyright law are set to open the door for greater access to research papers.
The sector’s biggest pension fund gave its chief executive a £50,000 bonus in a year when lecturers went on strike over cuts to their benefits, it has emerged.

The principal of the University of the West of Scotland has been appointed as the new convener of Universities Scotland.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Some universities are considering ways to “buy” top achieving students, it has been claimed, as they prepare for the new competitive market in 2012.
Fifty-five academics have been awarded fellowships worth £10,000 by the Higher Education Academy.
The higher education participation gap between the most deprived parts of Scotland and the rest of the country has shrunk for the fifth year in a row.
A union has warned of “massive” job loses in Northern Ireland’s universities unless politicians work out how to avoid a 30 per cent cut in the devolved administration’s higher education budget.
The UK needs an independent regulator to oversee research integrity, a committee of MPs has concluded.

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