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Research Councils UK (RCUK) has released three new publications that highlight the importance of public engagement activities and celebrate the successes of the increasing number of researchers engaging the public with support from RCUK.

Peer review is both a principle and a set of mechanisms at the heart of the arrangements for evaluating and assuring the quality of research. A new guide from the Research Information Network provides for researchers and others an outline of how the peer review system works, and highlights some of the challenges as well as the opportunities it faces in the internet age.

It is time doctorates were seen as a qualification for all kinds of jobs in the modern world and not just as a ticket for an academic career, says the League of European Research Universities.

Concentrating research funding and doctoral students in just a handful of universities will damage both the UK university sector and the economy as a whole, according to new research from university think-tank million+.

A review of HEFCE has concluded that it is a high-performing organisation that has the confidence of the higher education sector and the Government.

UKCGE announces the forthcoming workshop looking at looking at meeting the needs of postgraduate taught students.

The Higher Education Academy in partnership with the UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) has launched a two-year project focusing on teaching and learning for international students - the 'Teaching International Students' project.

New research shows that the best way to get value from innovative research in the arts and humanities is through relationships. Networking between colleagues is key to ensuring the transfer of value from the arts and humanities to other sectors of the UK economy.

Science Minister Lord Drayson has spelled out new arrangements for the Science and Technology Facilities Council designed to ensure that it can plan with greater predictability and provide its community with more stability.

A HEFCE report encourages discussion about how higher education should respond to the most pressing challenges for people working in universities and colleges.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has published a revised section of its Code of Practice which covers how UK universities and colleges make their courses and premises accessible to disabled students.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has strengthened its guidance which helps UK universities and colleges produce graduates equipped to meet the demands of the changing employment market.

A report published by UUK looks at how UK universities might respond to growing demand for higher education courses from older learners.

Historic agreement will increase impact of research on worldwide scale.

Around 7000 graduates' career prospects have been given a boost, now that over fifty universities have taken up the Government's £13.6 million fund to provide internships in small businesses by the end of the year as part of the Backing Young Britain campaign to help young people into work.

Every higher education institution in the UK is being invited to complete a survey outlining their strategies for developing their research staff.

A new report from CIHE outlines the findings of a small-scale study co-sponsored by RCUK which explored how the value of recruiting graduates and postgraduates is measured by employers.

Universities UK has responded to the circular letter from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) setting out how funding cuts to universities will be distributed.

HEFCE has announced the main decisions made by the Board at its meeting on 28th January on the provisional distribution of funding to universities and colleges in 2010-11. These decisions were taken in the light of the Secretary of State's grant letter of 22nd December 2009.

This study, commissioned by EUA, compares institutional diversity in five higher education systems – in England, France, Norway, Slovakia and Switzerland – and seeks to understand, empirically, the complex interplay
of factors that drive diversification or convergence, at both the system and the institutional level.

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has today outlined the strategic framework that will shape its direction and funding decisions for the next 5 years.

Regional meeting dates announced and booking now open.

Two new changes under Tier 4 for international students wishing to study in the UK.

Higher education minister David Lammy has warned universities to expect years of reduced funding.

A vision for the academic library and information services of the future - Exploring the challenges faced by higher education, libraries and information services to facilitate strategic planning.

This STFC scheme is now open for applications, closing date 4th May 2010. Enterprise Fellowships are designed to encourage exploitation of the STFC Research Programme.

John Morgan at the Times Higher Education reports on UKCGE's response to the DBIS Review.

Science Learning Centres are looking for early career researchers to get involved with their Fresh Science project - this is the online component of their teacher CPD programme Bringing Cutting Edge Science to the Classroom.

A new report on the graduate job market, reveals that after two years of substantial cuts in graduate jobs, the number of vacancies is set to increase
significantly in 2010.

The UK's universities are facing the "bleakest time since the Thatcher cuts of the 1980s", warns the chairman of a group of leading institutions.

The Research Councils UK (RCUK) Research Outcomes project will establish an ongoing dialogue with the research community to allow the outcomes of research to be reported at any stage during the funding agreement and, most importantly beyond.

The first of three new EPSRC manufacturing research centres have been launched in London by the Prime Minister, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and EPSRC Chief Executive Professor Dave Delpy.

UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) response to DBIS request for input to the Review of Postgraduate Education.

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