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The UK Council for Graduate Education and Vitae are pleased to confirm strengthened collaboration
Our partnership aims to create greater impact and enhanced service to those working and studying in the postgraduate sector of UK higher education -
Meeting with Shabana Mahmood
On 13 June, Gill Clarke, Mick Fuller and Douglas Halliday met Shabana Mahmood, MP for Birmingham Ladywood and Shadow Higher Education Secretary. We had a wide-ranging discussion about current issues in postgraduate education, including the following topics: -
Report on CODOC project visit to Brazil
The Chair of UKCGE, Prof Mick Fuller, attended the EUA-CDE project visit hosted at Sao Paulo University (USP), Brazil. -
Information Literacy — How to spread it about
Getting the importance of information literacy recognised by everyone with a stake in higher education research: that is the aim of a new initiative that brings together different partners from the academic world. The Research Information and Digital Literacies Coalition (RIDLs) has been set up to promote the value of information and digital literacies for academic researchers; and to enable activities which help to advance relevant knowledge, understanding and skills. -
Researcher Development within the UK Quality Code for Higher Education Research Degrees – Chapter B11: Research Degrees
QAA Quality Code and the Vitae Researcher Development Framework -
Budget statement’s £100m boost for industry-university collaboration ‘good news’ – Universities UK
Professor Tony Fell, University of Bradford, reviews the 2012 Summer Conference in Birmingham -
Embracing open access to research
HEFCE welcomes the report of a working group on expanding access to published research findings -
RCUK and HEFCE confirm their commitment to Vitae and researcher careers
Vitae welcomes the announcement today by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, that Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) have come together to strengthen their support for ensuring the development of world-class skills amongst research staff -
University chancellors urge prime minister to review approach to international students
Nearly 70 university chancellors and chairs of council have written to the prime minister today urging his government to support the UK’s universities in their efforts to recruit genuine international students -
£100 million for new research facilities
The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) has been established to develop research facilities across the UK, encourage collaboration and support excellent research