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Chemistry provisionDust off the Bunsen burnersA new department of chemistry is to be established at Lancaster University, more than a decade after it ceased to teach the subject. Lancaster is seeking...
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Is a whiter-than-white academy blind to the racial inequality in its midst?
Sector doesn't prioritise issue and ignores 'adverse outcomes', scholar argues. Matthew Reisz writes
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For-profit? Charity? In the market, they'll act the same
Competition for 'share' will dissolve institutional difference, Deloitte claims. David Matthews writes
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Sorry to disappoint you, David, but master's degrees aren't widgets
New 1994 Group chair tells Simon Baker that the coalition is sleepwalking into a postgrad crisis
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTBasic sciences• Award winner: Wolfgang Muller• Institution: Royal Holloway, University of London• Value: £251,196Spatially resolved Ca isotope systematics in vertebrates by LA-MC-...
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Listen to the heart
Aaron Porter says that in a high-fees world, the sector must do more to involve an increasingly diverse student body in decision-making
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Our audience awaits
Impact gives science a way to keep the public onside, says Stephen Curry
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Grant awards send message to think big
Fall in number of research fund applications sees rise in proportion of winners. Paul Jump reports
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'Give students a voice in decision-making process,' NUS leader urges
Student unions, rather than a "state-controlled" agency, should hold the power to ratify university tuition fee levels, the president of the National Union of Students has argued.
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To spoon-feed is not to nurture
Increase in students 'puzzled' by independent learning is fuelling crisis, writes Sarah Cunnane
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A programme shared is a problem halved
Universities could increasingly use the same degree programmes as they share services to save money, the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has suggested.
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Families may move to escape fees hike
Hefce warns of a cross-border exodus that could distort local economies. David Matthews writes
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UCL has sights set on new East End home
Bloomsbury institution's £500 million 'masterplan' includes campus near Olympic site. John Gill reports
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Merger sees controversial dean land senior role
The dean of a specialist institution who presided over a controversial decision to merge with University College London has been appointed to a senior role at the large research-intensive university.
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Weighty ambitions
The EPSRC's new strategy intends to strengthen research to attract extra funding in future, explains David Delpy