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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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Business
Canary Wharf expansion for UCL’s School of Management
The School of Management at University College London (UCL) has opened up space on a second floor of its Canary…
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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Features
Meet the lecturer: Natalie Kopytko
Natalie Kopytko is a lecturer at the University of Leeds’ Sustainability Research Institute. Her focus is on the links between…
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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