This week in UK&I in brief: Million+ chairman proposed as fair access chief; Common bio-data standard agreed; Scotland plans for research after independence; €16m for Irish software centre; Ireland takes lead in 1,600 EU projects; Warwick finds alliance in Australia.
Million+ chairman proposed as fair access chief
The UK government has named Les Ebdon, chairman of the Million+ group of universities, as its preferred candidate to lead the Office for Fair Access. If approved by parliament, Ebdon, also the vice-chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, would replace Martin Harris in April.
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