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Field rankings for IndiaData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-31 December 2010 FieldPapersCitationsCitations per paperWorld average% differenceHighly...
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Education is the real deal
Katie Best calls for business school rankings that measure pedagogic merit, not simply cash and corporate power
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Maintain standards? That's way more than my job's worth
In today's insecure academy, quality control takes a back seat to pleasing students and covering up errors, a senior lecturer claims
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Cutting the Gordian knot
Full competition for qualified students would keep fees down, says Alasdair Smith, and limiting unqualified numbers would control costs
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Hefce shows how the axe will be wielded
'Challenging settlement' for 2011-12 apportions nearly £1 billion in cuts. Simon Baker reports
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Post-92s hit hardest by quality-related shake-up
New universities in England will be hit with the biggest proportional cuts in their quality-related research budgets during the coming academic year as funding is further concentrated on...
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UK mission groups set to dissolve in the 'red ocean'
Ties may fray as institutions trying to be all things suffer financially, study hints. Simon Baker reports
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Subpanels' lack of experience will put REF credibility at risk, Hefce told
The lack of previous experience among members of two subpanels in the forthcoming research excellence framework could undermine researchers' "grudging acceptance" of the exercise, an academic has...
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Underperforming v-cs may lose pay
Report proposals aim to ensure that top earners' salaries are deserved, writes Hannah Fearn
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Overseas degree standard warning
University disappointed at QAA's judgement of 'limited confidence'. Rebecca Attwood reports
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News in Brief
Citation rankingThe hottest of the hot listGeneticists dominate a list of the "hottest" researchers compiled by Thomson Reuters. The science data company last week published a ranking of the authors...
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'Life depends on science but the arts make it worth living'
Scientist claims true fulfilment is achievable only through the humanities, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Globalisation: contents and discontents
Conference hears Western domination must end to achieve internationalisation, writes John Morgan
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UUK head: cuts reality 'rather different to the headlines'
Steve Smith warns that downbeat media theme will damage UK global reputation. John Morgan reports
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Going Global notebook
World rankingsNeeded but not always wantedWorld university rankings are "like vice-chancellors and in-laws: we may not always like them, but we know we need them". That was the argument made by Kevin...