Leg-up to the professions
City University London's Cass Business School runs a BSc in accounting and finance in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) that offers students...
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Ale - a class apart (1 of 2)
Anthony Rodriguez (Letters, 5 May) may well have a point about discriminatory admission practices at female-only colleges (after all, history demonstrates nothing if not the unwarranted dominance of...
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Ale - a class apart (2 of 2)
I see that a University of Cambridge study has concluded that formal dining in the academy not only educates people on how to pass the port but is also central to the maintenance of the class system...
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LSE board backs fees of £8,000
The academic board of the London School of Economics has voted to set tuition fees at £8,000 in 2012.
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UKBA restores Glasgow Caledonian’s licence to sponsor
Glasgow Caledonian University has had its licence to sponsor foreign students reinstated by the UK Border Agency after a three-week investigation.
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Casting vote seals USS reform
Higher education employers have won their battle to cut benefits in the sector’s main pension scheme, raising the prospect of further industrial action.The University and College Union’s negotiators...
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Willetts parries Commons attacks over upfront-fees proposal
David Willetts has been forced to speak in the House of Commons to defend proposals that universities should be allowed to recruit unlimited numbers of home students who fund their tuition fees...
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Research is not the only measure of excellence
Reporting from the EC-sponsored Youth on the Move seminar in Florence, Phil Baty underscores the commitment of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings to weighing all facets of...
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Public ‘caught between the aims of scientists and politicians’
Political ideology, scientific arrogance and the media’s search for a good story are hindering attempts to explain scientific findings, an academic claims. Matthew Reisz reports
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Inside Higher Ed: Exercising only their minds
By Dan Berrett, for Inside Higher Ed
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Don’t believe the gripes about fees: campaign to drum up applications begins
A high-profile public information campaign will be launched today to persuade young people to apply to university for 2012-13 entry despite the trebling of the tuition fee cap.
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Willetts mulls quota-free recruitment of self-funding UK students
Universities could be allowed to recruit unlimited numbers of UK undergraduates who are able pay their tuition fees upfront under plans being considered by the coalition government.
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FE college cuts Uclan ties over fees dispute
Further evidence has emerged of divisions between universities and their further education college partners, with allegations of anti-competitive behaviour over tuition fees.
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State school numbers grow but Cambridge takes only 16 black UK applicants
The University of Cambridge increased its proportional intake from state schools and colleges last year, but only 16 of all successful UK applicants were black.
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Court date for union in bid to stop Strathclyde cuts
Academics at the University of Strathclyde are set to protest outside a meeting of the university court today to oppose planned cuts that could endanger more than 100 jobs.