Need to save some money? Try private accommodation
As state cash dries up, university plots £200m deal to outsource campus halls. Simon Baker reports
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Gift of £1m will give wings to entrepreneurs
A Conservative peer and former head of a British airline has given £1 million to Loughborough University to provide "practical help" to local entrepreneurs.
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The fast track is now widening
Accountancy body seeks to create more schemes linking degree study and work, writes Simon Baker
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News in Brief
Research spendingNo government target to be setDavid Willetts, the universities and science minister, has ruled out setting a target for the proportion of the UK's gross domestic product that is...
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Rankings update: Reputations on the line as survey nears closing date
Ambitious initiative will inform the 2011-12 THE World University Rankings. Phil Baty reports
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Hall of mirrors: do college dinners circulate class along with the port?
Organisational scholars probe the world of gowns and high table for clues. Matthew Reisz reports
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AAUP fights to stay in the game in tough new world
The US faculty association's genteel methods are no longer fit for purpose. Jon Marcus reports
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News in brief
Bahrain'Incidents' lead to expulsionsA Bahraini university is reported to have expelled or sacked 200 students, academics and other employees for incidents connected to the recent civil unrest in the...
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From Pinochet to Piñera, Chile's way is to make students pay
Latin American state's exposure to loan liabilities a downside of high-fees regime, writes Paul Jump
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Grant winners
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council• Award winners: Dominic Joyce, Kobi Kremnizer, Raphaël Rouquier and Balázs Szendrõi• Institution: University of Oxford• Value: £1,831,169Motivic...
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Blogconfidential: Final reckoning
In the last in this series, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Final reckoning
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Appointments
University of the West of ScotlandBob MastertonBob Masterton has been appointed director of the new Institute of Healthcare Associated Infection – Policy and Practice, a partnership between the...
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Playing the long game
There are pitfalls to setting up an overseas campus but the grand ideas do translate into practice, says Paul Greatrix
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Time to wrest control of our pension pots from politicians' grasp
As expectations of retirement income take a turn for the worse, Andrew Oswald offers a few ideas for reversing the trend
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Academy unbound
David Vaiani argues that the UK's universities must cast off the bonds of state finance to thrive on the global stage