Longer embargo periods of up to 24 months for green open access will only apply when universities鈥 annual block grants for 鈥済old鈥 article fees have run out, Research Councils UK has confirmed.
David Willetts has criticised 鈥渃urmudgeons鈥 who call for the return of a binary divide between universities and polytechnics, while a Labour MP has said modern universities can teach older institutions a lesson.
The University of Central Lancashire has appointed Gerry Kelleher to become its vice-chancellor when it moves to a new corporate-style group structure later this year.
A writer on human behaviour has urged universities to encourage herd behaviour in their attempt to attract students rather than deploying rational argument.
The United Arab Emirates is now 鈥渄eeply inimical鈥 to university values, according to a lecturer from the London School of Economics and Political Science who was barred from entering the country.
The number of visas issued to overseas students has fallen by a fifth although applications for university student visas have increased by 3 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics.
A professor of educational technology at Newcastle University has won a $1 million (拢660,000) prize for his work teaching children from India鈥檚 slums how to use the internet
Regent鈥檚 College is to take over the American InterContinental University London in what is thought to be the first UK acquisition of a for-profit by a not-for-profit higher education provider.
The government has rejected universities鈥 calls for overseas students to be withdrawn from the net migrant count, a move that may kill off hopes of securing the change in the current Parliament.
The UK鈥檚 higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks.
The UK鈥檚 higher education funding councils will not express a preference for either green or gold open access in their submission rules for future research excellence frameworks.