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Publishers' profits in an open-access world the subject of much debate. Paul Jump reports

Kevin Fong argues that cutting science funding will be bad for Britain
Lord Browne's rhetoric is all about freeing universities, but his plans could result in 'a state-controlled and regulated industry'
Cern leader to tell engineers that advances come from fundamental research. Paul Jump reports
Browne's fee-for-all will challenge universities' price-fixing skills and applicants' mathematics, warns Helen Carasso

Geoffrey Crossick says that short-term crisis should not be allowed to curtail Britain's ability to succeed in a changing environment

If only Tony Blair had understood class, we wouldn't be in this mess. Bring back the material realities of British life, says Mary Evans
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American students who study abroad are likely to increase or even double their intake of alcohol while they are away, according to a study. Europe's laissez-faire attitude to drink is well documented...
Institutions will charge more than £8,000 to counter cuts, heads warn. Simon Baker reports
The imposition of a minimum entry standard for university would put the government in control of what is traditionally a key area of academic judgement and allow it to restrict student places, vice-...
THE poll shows that most backbench respondents have yet to decide fees stance. Simon Baker writes
The student complaints body has expressed "disappointment" with Lord Browne's idea that it should be absorbed into a "super-quango".The Browne Review recommends that four bodies - the Higher...
Higher Education Council could gain power to oust ineffective vice-chancellors, reports Simon Baker