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IP policy at West Midlands universities part 2
TweetCross-posted from Student Intellectual Property Rights This post is intended to be a follow-up to part 1, which I posted previously, and will look at the IP policy of the University of Birmingham, University of Warwick, University of Wolverhampton and University of Worcester. … Continue reading
IP policy at West Midlands universities part 1
TweetCross-posted from Student Intellectual Property Rights Following on from my previous post, I narrowed down my study of university IP policy to West Midlands-based universities. As there are quite a few universities in the region, I will firstly be looking at … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Paper Trail
Tagged Aston University, intellectual property, IP, Keele University, Staffordshire University
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How influential are re-takes on today’s A-level students?
TweetLast week, it was announced that Michael Gove wanted Universities to have a big influence on the curricula of A-level exams. With Gove’s requests to Ofqual ringing in university’s ears, it’s key to look at some of the elements that … Continue reading
University Governance deconstructed… then constructed again…
TweetIf something has a Wikipedia entry that’s difficult to understand, it’s bound to be an intricate, complex, and rarely explained subject. University governance is one of those subjects. Rarely looked into, examined or explained, (outside of academia at least) the … Continue reading
Posted in Tips and How-Tos
Tagged convocation, council, court, hefce, legislation, management, managing structures, senate, university charters, university governance
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An introduction to university claims over student IP
TweetCross-posted by Anthony Williams from Student Intellectual Property Rights. The world of intellectual property can be murky at the best of times, but where universities can claim IP rights over the work of students, it is especially so. The University … Continue reading