Leader: A big paper but no grand plan
The government's proposals promise radicalism. But, born of compromise and fudge, they betray a disturbing lack of vision
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From where I sit - South's rebel yell in the East
When a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education stated last month that the South University of Science and Technology of China should be "run according to the law", it put the fledgling institution...
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Mão amiga: UK to host 1,000s of Brazilian students
Brazil is set to strike up closer links with the UK through student scholarships and research partnerships.
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
Sheffield/London College of FashionReactionary fashionClothes that help to clean the air could be produced as a result of a collaboration between a university and a fashion college. Anthony Ryan, pro...
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The week in higher education
• It may not live in a pineapple under the sea, but a new species of mushroom will certainly join the ranks of nautical nonsense after being named in honour of the cartoon character SpongeBob...
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Higher anxiety
Alan Ryan considers whether traditional university education has run its race
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30 June 2011
A half-cocked plan - The government’s White Paper on the future of higher education
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There's no good reason for this inequality
A gruelling four-year battle with her institution over a gender pay gap was ultimately empowering for Liz Schafer, who hopes it will help other women in the fight for parity
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Scottish universities to be allowed to charge £9k for students from rest of UK
Scottish universities will be allowed to set tuition fees at £9,000 a year for students from the rest of the UK, bringing them into line with their English counterparts.
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White Paper: doubt cast on proposals for high-achieving students
University admissions experts have expressed doubts about plans in today’s higher education White Paper to remove student number controls for high-achieving students.
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White Paper: reactions round-up
Politicians, vice-chancellors and lobby groups have all given their initial responses to the publication of today’s White Paper on higher education. Here are a selection:
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White Paper: one in four undergraduate places will be up for grabs
A quarter of all student places are to be open to full competition in 2012-13, in a government bid to force higher education institutions to vie for the brightest and best applicants at one end of...
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White Paper: for-profits to benefit from level playing-field
For-profit providers are to be given full access to the student loans system on condition that they agree to follow the same rules on standards, quality and fair access as publicly funded...