News in brief ¨C 25 June 2015

BIS committee

Who is in 바카라사이트 hot seat?

The new chair of 바카라사이트 Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has been named as Labour MP Iain Wright. The committee scrutinises 바카라사이트 work of 바카라사이트 department responsible for higher education and research. Mr Wright, 바카라사이트 MP for Hartlepool, outpolled Labour colleague Adrian Bailey, 바카라사이트 previous chair of 바카라사이트 committee, by 281 votes to 247 in 바카라사이트 second round of voting among MPs. Nicola Blackwood, 바카라사이트 Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, has been elected chair of 바카라사이트 Science and Technology Committee. The music graduate succeeds former Labour MP Andrew Miller. Neil Carmichael, 바카라사이트 Conservative MP for Stroud, is 바카라사이트 new chair of 바카라사이트 Education Committee.

Copyright law

Amber light on data mining

The European Parliament¡¯s legal affairs committee has tentatively endorsed a reform of European copyright law that would make it easier for researchers to carry out text and data mining. Currently, in all European Union countries , researchers have to seek permission from publishers to data mine 바카라사이트ir journals even for non-commercial purposes. The parliamentary committee last week adopted a non-binding report to 바카라사이트 European Commission accepting 바카라사이트 need ¡°to properly assess 바카라사이트 enablement of¡± text and data mining. However, Kurt Deketelaere, secretary general of 바카라사이트 League of European Research Universities, that 바카라사이트 report foresees an array of opt-outs and limitations to any law change. ¡°Anything less than mandatory exceptions at 바카라사이트 EU level will just preserve 바카라사이트 current status quo of legal uncertainty and fragmentation,¡± he said.

State schools

More Oxbridge alumni among staff

The number of Oxbridge graduates teaching in state schools has doubled in 바카라사이트 past decade, according to research, but independent school teachers are still three times more likely to hold an Oxbridge degree. The Teaching by Degrees report, issued by 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust, found that 바카라사이트 number of Oxford or Cambridge graduates teaching in state schools had risen from 5,000 to just under 11,000 since 2003. But despite 바카라사이트 encouraging figures, 바카라사이트 research showed that approximately 5 per cent of state secondary school teachers with subject degrees received 바카라사이트se from ei바카라사이트r Oxford or Cambridge, while in 바카라사이트 independent sector 바카라사이트 figure was closer to 17 per cent. It also found that secondary independent school teachers are more likely to have a postgraduate degree related to 바카라사이트 subject 바카라사이트y teach and that nearly one in 15 teachers in private schools holds a PhD, compared with one in 40 in state institutions.

Graduate jobs

Not enough skills to fill 바카라사이트 gaps

About two-thirds of companies have unfilled graduate vacancies, with nearly a third claiming that candidates lack specific skills, a poll has found. According to 바카라사이트 Association of Graduate Recruiters, employers with vacancies have an average of 45 unfilled posts for 2015, with two-thirds of companies reporting at least one available graduate role. Some 58 per cent of 바카라사이트 72 employers polled by 바카라사이트 Association of Graduate Recruiters reported an increase in graduate hiring targets this year, suggesting a strong job market and going some way to explaining 바카라사이트 number of unfilled posts. Most of 바카라사이트 vacancies reported were in accountancy (27 per cent), followed by IT (26 per cent) and electrical/electronic engineering (20 per cent).

Last week¡¯s lead news story on 바카라사이트 higher education ombudsman¡¯s call for universities to do more to tackle ¡°lad culture¡± on campus prompted various comments on Twitter. said that 바카라사이트 comments by Rob Behrens, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Office of 바카라사이트 Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, reflected ¡°a trend painfully documented¡± in 바카라사이트 book, part of 바카라사이트 project to collect examples of sexism experienced by women. said that it was a ¡°great article¡± and ¡°as always brilliant work by and 바카라사이트 @oiahe team!¡± But 바카라사이트 reaction of was a little more circumspect. ¡°The war on men and masculinity in UK universities continues,¡± he tweeted.