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Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, has been appointed as the UK¡¯s next chief scientific adviser.

But professor claims Sleep Research Centre has been sidelined by REF strategy. Paul Jump reports

When the 2014 research excellence framework was being devised to take into account real-world impact, relocating a long-established university nursery to make way for such research was probably not what its designers had in mind.

Academy called upon to help correct increasingly corrupt economic system. Matthew Reisz reports

These items form part of the records of the Mission to Seafarers, now held by Hull University Archives at the Hull History Centre.

One of Europe's smallest states has big plans for medical research, writes Jack Grove in Luxembourg

Research elite say cost of gold plan could cripple the sector as publishers profit. Paul Jump writes

Evidence has emerged that some higher education institutions may be falling markedly short on undergraduate recruitment for next year, with the University of Gloucestershire warning staff that it is 30 per cent below its target for 2012-13.

Wilson response sees limited role for Whitehall in industry/academy links. Elizabeth Gibney reports

British scholars head for North Africa to forge links with territory neglected by UK sector. David Matthews reports

The UK should be encouraging its youth to study for their degrees at overseas universities, according to a vice-chancellor.

This close-up of a drain-dwelling moth fly was among the 16 winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2012, presented on 20 June.

QAA event hears Willetts question option for the frequency of reviews. Jack Grove reports

'Neglected' PhD students ignorant of latest research formats, study finds. Elizabeth Gibney reports

A senior government official in Thailand has finally had his doctorate rescinded more than two years after a university investigation concluded that 80 per cent of his thesis on organic asparagus production had been plagiarised.

Elusive notion will mislead students and foul loan forecasts, experts hear. John Morgan writes

Session at ESRC festival to reveal secrets of a successful grant application. Paul Jump reports

Oxford loses out in THE Table of Tables as Soas makes way for new blood. Jack Grove reports

The government should resist changing copyright law to allow free ¡°mining¡± of data and text in scientific papers, a cross-party group of MPs has said.

Cardiff University is investigating reports that a prospective Chinese student was told by a recruitment agent that she could win a place at the institution despite not meeting its entry requirements.

More than one in six international students coming to study at universities in the UK have question marks over their ¡°genuineness¡±, according to the results of Home Office interviews given to a cross-party group of MPs today.

Biologists tend to overlook research that is packed with mathematical equations, a study by researchers at the University of Bristol has found.

The Council for Industry and Higher Education has announced plans to launch a National Centre for Universities and Business to strengthen links between the two sectors with the aim of driving economic growth.

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Stonewall, the equality charity, has published its latest guide to the universities it considers to have the most gay-friendly policies and support for students.

A ?120 million deal has been struck with the help of a former higher education minister to build a 2,000-bed student accommodation complex that will serve Newcastle University and the University of Northumbria.

Staff at the University of Salford will be on strike next Tuesday in protest against redundancies.

The universities and science minister has appealed to private investors to support overseas expansion for UK universities and stated that investment bank Goldman Sachs is ¡°keen to investigate this possibility¡±.

Queen Margaret University has scooped the top prize in the annual awards honouring the sector¡¯s finest leaders, managers and administrators.

These items - now owned by the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich - are all linked to the crazily ambitious French composer and conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-60).

Accessible information could spark ¡®second open science revolution¡¯, report says. Paul Jump writes

Matthew Reisz reports on how serious games offer insights into politics, pandemics and propaganda

A discussion of the merits of private venture made for a spicy dish. David Matthews reports

Universities need to update guidelines on industry collaboration to reinstate academic rights that have been "seriously eroded" over the past generation, a report by the American Association of University Professors has said.

North American test cases strive to get to grips with copyright in the modern age. Jon Marcus reports

Moving to gold model could cost sector an extra ?60m a year, says Finch group. Paul Jump reports

University business development looks to private and international sources. David Matthews writes

A scheme brought in to address concerns over the impact of ?9,000 tuition fees on students from poor backgrounds was designed in haste, an interim report on the project has said.

Association says members may be diverting cash to meet care demands. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Last year, UK universities produced the lowest number of spin-off companies for a decade, but such firms are now surviving longer, a report says.

Birmingham's new Centre for Character and Values will address 'practical ethics'. Matthew Reisz writes

Expansion into China and India will help to meet the demand for vets worldwide. Jack Grove reports

Sector embraces partnerships but finds cash and structure wanting. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Co-development vital to internationalised future, IAU general secretary tells Rachel Williams

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford during a ceremony at the institution¡¯s Sheldonian Theatre.

A-level courses could require a stamp of approval by learned societies or ¡°a subgroup of universities¡± under plans put forward by the exam regulator Ofqual.

The Welsh government has drafted a 63-point plan to bolster the employability of the country¡¯s university graduates.

A transition to full open-access publishing will cost UK higher education an extra ?50 million or ?60 million a year, according to a long-awaited report on how the country should make the change.

The government has defended the public financing of for-profit higher education providers and has said that it wants widening participation funding to be ¡°better targeted¡±.

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A mathematician who led the boycott in the UK of a major publisher over the issue of open access and a vice-chancellor who served on the Browne Review are among the higher education figures recognised in the Queen¡¯s Birthday Honours List.

The world¡¯s largest telescope is a step closer to being built after organisers gave the go-ahead to its plans at a meeting last week.