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Articles by Elizabeth Gibney
The Royal College of Art is going ahead with plans for expansion despite an uncertain future for postgraduate education.
Seven university, business and charity partnerships have been announced as winners of the second round of the Research Partnership Investment Fund.
The REF is coming and many institutions are looking to poach premier league researchers to boost their scores (and income) before it is too late. Elizabeth Gibney takes a look at the recruitment ¡®feeding frenzy¡¯
The vice-chancellor of Cranfield University, Sir John O'Reilly, will become director general of knowledge and innovation at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from early February next year, it has been announced.
The system of examination for PhDs in the UK is a ¡°scandal¡±, a conference on postgraduate issues heard last week.
Lack of enrolment caps could leave many out of work, warns student group. Elizabeth Gibney writes
Amidst warp drives, transporters and phasers there is one Star Trek technology that is close to becoming real ¨C and organisers of the US-based X prize want UK researchers to make it happen.
The head of a study of a subglacial Antarctic lake tells Elizabeth Gibney of the need for the long view
Will Obama-Romney race end in higher education cuts regardless of victor? Elizabeth Gibney writes
Elizabeth Gibney meets the left-wing Chilean youth leader with a message for European students
UK elite's proportion of income from state sources
The Queen will award up to six Regius professorships to UK universities to mark the Diamond Jubilee, the Cabinet Office announced today.
Two US scientists have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies revealing how cells in the human body sense their environment.
Two pioneers of quantum optics, a field that has paved the way for super-fast computing, have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for physics.
British developmental biologist Sir John Gurdon has won the 2012 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed.
The government is to put an additional ?200 million into a fund designed to boost university and industry collaboration.
Losses for UK and US as Eastern excellence drives start to bear fruit. Elizabeth Gibney reports
Entrepreneur says pay for science researchers could rise to ?40K. Elizabeth Gibney writes
EUA report uncovers global commonalities in PhD education. Elizabeth Gibney reports
University of Oxford vice-chancellor Andrew Hamilton has announced plans to increase the institution's fundraising target from ?1.25 billion to ?3 billion, while issuing a warning that philanthropy should be no replacement for public funding.
Canadian institutions' lack of strategic focus could mean that the country's drive to recruit more overseas students backfires, the head of a higher education marketing consultancy has suggested.
Measure impact while research is under way, urge Jisc-funded studies. Elizabeth Gibney reports
NSS scores' inclusion in KIS could offer perverse incentives. Jack Grove and Elizabeth Gibney write
State of the student unions: Oxford comes last
