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Super-selection only perpetuates privilege (1 of 2)
Baroness Blackstone is rightly concerned about the social filtering going on in UK higher education ("Super-selection creates a monoculture that does not benefit society", 15 December). It is...
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University Alliance names new chair – and a new member
The vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England has been elected as the new chair of the University Alliance as the mission group expands its membership to 24 institutions.
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Christmas comes early for Scottish universities with hike in funding
The funding settlement for Scottish universities for the next academic year has been welcomed by Universities Scotland and the National Union of Students.
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Inside Higher Ed: The Lure of the City
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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Welsh education minister emphasises importance of mergers
Welsh universities must merge if they are to be sustainable, the minister for education has reaffirmed.
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Cambridge strikes deal to cream off top Chinese engineering students
The University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge have struck up a new partnership to recruit engineering students from mainland China.
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Oxbridge admissions statistics show four in five students are white
Well over four fifths of students admitted to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge last year were white, statistics show.
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Humanities courses lead to career success, says Grayling ahead of private college launch
Sixty per cent of leading public figures in the UK have humanities, social science or arts degrees, a new study has found.
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UCL challenges students' union over 'no confidence' campaign against provost
University College London’s senior administrative officer has pressed its students’ union to drop a motion of no confidence in the provost, Malcolm Grant.
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Berkeley targets middle classes with financial aid
The University of California, Berkeley has unveiled plans for a new financial aid scheme explicitly aimed at helping middle-class students with their tuition fees.
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Red tape costs FE colleges £180 million a year
Further education colleges could make “substantial” savings by cutting the costs of bureaucracy, according to the National Audit Office.
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Striving to be first among equals
The egalitarian bent of Dutch society has been reflected in its higher education sector - until now. Jack Grove discovers that government and global forces are spurring some institutions to try to...
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If you go down to a campus today...
You're in for a big surprise. From Gothic castles and follies to an airport (and something not too fragrant), university sites across the land are home to some extraordinary places, discovers Matthew...
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On Rereading
Valerie Sanders delights in an off-duty academic's return to the inspirational literature of her youth