Overseas squeeze makes up for losses elsewhere
Data showing that Australian universities have continued to increase their revenue from overseas fees despite recent falls in applications have prompted a debate over rising charges.
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFollow-on Fund• Award winner: Tim Chatterton• Institution: University of the West of England• Value: £34,941Enriching understanding of climate and energy-related...
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Heartbreak hotels
Rudeness, indifference and discomfort: travelling in the UK has convinced Mary Evans that all sanity has fled from the public world
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Barclays bids to fill the postgraduate student loans gap
As bank talks to BIS, critics ask how a 'risk-share' plan will further fair access. John Morgan writes
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Path to university title smoothed as threshold lowered to 1,000 students
The government is set to push ahead with plans to create a new generation of universities by lowering the qualifying threshold for university title from 4,000 to 1,000 students.
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Dig deep and be dead famous
Crime writers aid Dundee drive by offering donors chance to star as a stiff. David Matthews reports
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BIS considers private role in overseas growth
The government is consulting Goldman Sachs on how to help universities attract private funding to finance overseas ventures.
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Critical judgment for complaints watchdog
Further legal challenges possible as court overrules OIA for the first time. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Import/export model: brain drains and gains among major scientific nations
Everyone knows that science is an international profession, but data from the US National Bureau of Economic Research have given a clear picture of which countries export their talent and which have...
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A mature reply to adult access cuts? Give up
Withdrawing state support for access to higher education courses will stop thousands of prospective mature students from attending university, a report has warned.
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No rest-of-UK flood for Scottish sector
Fears that Scottish universities would offer more places to undergraduates from the rest of the UK because they come with more money attached appear to be unfounded, research by Times Higher...
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Euro billion up for grabs: any takers?
EIB calls on UK universities to apply for long-term, low-interest investment. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Seeding businesslike ideas has allowed rare fruit to flourish
Cross-subsidising 'loss-makers' an essential part of university life, says UUK head. Jack Grove writes
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Transfer of fees to students may be 'over the top'
England may have gone "a bit over the top" in transferring the cost of university education from the state to the graduate, the coordinator of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
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LSE to restart game of risk
Scholars already seek donations 'in the margins', development director says. David Matthews writes