Students prone to grey-sky thinking
A cloudy open-day visit can boost enrolment numbers, study indicates. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Biggest 'bang for the buck' theory: best invest in RCUK
State advised to abandon industry tax breaks and back the research councils. Zoë Corbyn reports
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UUK: state-school 'bias' does not go far enough
The president of Universities UK has vigorously defended the sector against allegations that universities are discriminating against privately educated applicants.Geoff Lucas, general secretary of...
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Talk to us before you talk about us, says Sheffield v-c
Russell Group's chair asked for heads-up on media bombshells. John Morgan writes
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Ready for your THE close-up?
Students are being offered the chance to showcase their work to more than 1,000 movers and shakers at the sector's biggest awards ceremony.As part of our #loveHE campaign, Times Higher Education is...
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#loveHE
As part of our #loveHE campaign, Times Higher Education has asked followers on Twitter to tell us why they love the academy.This week's tweet of the week is:Bertrand Russell: "Fools are always so...
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Welsh institutions face cuts of up to 4.3%, but total Scottish pot rises 1%
All but three Scottish universities face a real-term drop in funding. Hannah Fearn reports
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Students call for fairer hearings
Universities are being urged to resolve student complaints within three months as part of a new charter on their procedures.The proposals, drawn up by the National Union of Students, also call for...
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Academic critics missing a trick
Scholars risk being pushed out of literary criticism by those more outspoken. Matthew Reisz reports
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THE World University Rankings
"Is the ratio of servers to customers in a restaurant a good proxy for the quality of the food?"This was one of the rather scathing rhetorical questions posed by a US academic when I invited readers...
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Import/export focus puts Germany on top
Concern over lack of outward study as UK comes third in international index. John Morgan reports
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News in brief
London Metropolitan UniversitySenior staff under investigationLondon Metropolitan University is investigating two senior members of staff as well as its internal auditors following a fresh report...
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'Positive action', positive results
Trevor Phillips hails equality bill's potential to widen access to the academy. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Daytime TV: Recipe for success
Isabella Beeton was a pioneer, writes Gary Day, but she had little domestic bliss in her own life
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Top 20 biochemists
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-October 2009