Mendeley founders defend '拢65m' sale to Elsevier
The founders of Mendeley have insisted that selling the company to the controversial academic publisher Elsevier will result only in 鈥済ood things鈥
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RCUK changes open-access guidance yet again
Research Councils UK has removed from its guidance on its open-access policy an exhortation for institutions and authors to make sure a 鈥減roper market in article fees鈥 operates.
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Toni Pearce elected next NUS president
Toni Pearce has been elected as the next president of the National Union of Students, promising to fight for 鈥渁 movement where students鈥 unions are leading from the front and aren鈥檛 just an...
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London Met visa ban lifted
London Metropolitan University will again be allowed to recruit international students after the 色盒直播 Office ended the revocation of its visa licence.
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Liam Burns warns of student 鈥榯riple-dip recession鈥
Students today face a 鈥渢riple-dip recession鈥 consisting of a lack of jobs, opportunities to study and future prospects, according to the president of their national union.
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Thatcher had 鈥榠mmense impact鈥 on higher education
Margaret Thatcher鈥檚 鈥渞evolutionary鈥 reforms helped to transform an ailing university system into a world-leading higher education system, a vice-chancellor has said.
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Thatcher鈥檚 death prompts call for 鈥榮ensitivity鈥 at NUS conference
National Union of Students鈥 president Liam Burns has called for 鈥渟ensitivity鈥 and 鈥渞espect鈥 after some delegates at the union鈥檚 annual conference were heard to cheer news that former prime minister...
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US academics鈥 salaries 鈥榮lowly recovering鈥
Salaries for full-time faculty members at US colleges and universities are slowly recovering after years of below-inflation rises, although higher education institutions are increasingly reliant on...
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Joan Bakewell speaks up for part-time students
Part-time study needs 鈥渦nprecedented support鈥 to help kick-start the UK鈥檚 flagging economy, Labour peer Baroness Bakewell has said.
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Nature's publishers to launch open-access platform for data sets
In a further sign of the growing scientific prominence of data sets, Nature Publishing Group has launched a new open-access platform that will peer review and publish detailed descriptions of their...
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British Library starts digital drive
The British Library 鈥 and the nation鈥檚 other legal deposit libraries 鈥 have officially taken on responsibility to archive UK web content, opening up immense opportunities for researchers.
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Adelaide v-c wants end to fixed-time contracts in Australia
Australian academics should not be contractually bound always to split their time equally between teaching and research, the vice-chancellor of the University of Adelaide has said.
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Sussex unions plan ballot over outsourcing
Three unions at the University of Sussex have begun the process that could lead to strikes over outsourcing plans at the university.
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色盒直播 podcast: 4 April 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe Office for Fair Access, the openness of universities and academics鈥 regional accents all feature on this Times Higher Education issue review, along with a look at the...
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Irish teacher failed to foresee his fateI was amused to read recent Nobel prizewinner Sir John Gurdon鈥檚 account of his 鈥渃rippling school report鈥, which included the statement: 鈥淚 believe he has ideas...