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Royal Society announces five-year open access plan for journals
The Royal Society will embark on a five-year programme to ‘flip’ its journals to open access, it announced today. The…
13th May 2021
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UK research funding less geographically concentrated than US and Germany – Hepi report
Although the UK might fairly be accused of regional imbalance in its distribution of research funding, its closest comparators –…
13th May 2021
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Lectures are still pedagogically valuable to students, vice-chancellor argues
Traditional lectures are “pedagogically, as well as culturally, valuable to students”, a vice-chancellor has argued. Prof Sally Mapstone, the vice-chancellor…
12th May 2021
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Estates
ARU Peterborough: Fens aren’t what they used to be
Peterborough has all the prerequisites needed for a thriving university city: booming manufacturing, digital and engineering sectors, a historic cathedral,…
12th May 2021
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University freedom of speech bill to be presented to parliament
The government has today taken the first step towards tackling the “chilling effect of censorship” on freedom of speech at universities,…
12th May 2021
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Queen’s speech: Lifelong learning, R&D and ARIA headline government plans for next year
The Queen’s speech has set out the government’s legislative agenda for the next year, with a new lifelong learning allowance…
11th May 2021
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Levelling-up ‘very long-term’ agenda, Strength in Places chair warns
The panel chair of the Strength in Places Fund has said it is premature to evaluate the fledgling projects that…
11th May 2021
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Seven in 10 students considered dropping out this year, survey suggests
A survey of 2,000 UK university students suggests as many as seven in 10 considered dropping out during this academic…
10th May 2021
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Government confirms 17 May return of in-person teaching
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (10 May) confirmed that all remaining university students can return to in-person teaching from…
10th May 2021
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Finance, legal, HR
UCU reject employers’ 1.5% pay increase offer for next year
The University and College Union (UCU) has rejected a 1.5% pay rise in 2021/22 from employers, which it described as…
10th May 2021
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