Augar’s perception of a golden age reveals his short-sightedness
Augar’s failure to grasp the differential effect of government policy on different kinds of universities is his report’s Achilles heel, says Greg Walker
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Australian researchers ‘most productive’ in G20
New scorecards demonstrate the payoffs from international collaboration
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THE Young University Rankings 2019: millennial universities
France tops list of universities founded since the year 2000
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THE Young University Rankings 2019: Golden Age results out now
Mainland Chinese university features in top 10 for first time
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THE Young University Rankings 2019: how to build a university
Designing a new university is complicated and one model does not fit all. Alain Fuchs offers a 10-point brief of factors to consider in every case
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Augar: protecting ‘failing’ universities not in review remit
Chair of England’s post-18 review says £7,500 fee a cap a fair deal after ‘windfall’ years and that universities in financial trouble are guilty of ‘bad management’
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USS whistleblower ‘sidelined’ and faces conduct investigation
Jane Hutton says that pension fund is trying to deny her ‘whistleblower’ status
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Academics oppose advertising heads of department posts externally
Leeds accused of attempting to extend control of central management by ending practice of selecting heads of school from within the faculty
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V-cs welcome QR funding signal but fear Westminster instability
Sector leaders question why it has taken so long to address long-running decline in value of quality-related research funding
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More vice-chancellors with Oxbridge educations appointed
University leaders more likely to have attended Oxford or Cambridge compared with five years ago, but also to have gone to a comprehensive school
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US labour board moves to ban graduate teaching assistant unions
Trump-dominated panel bolsters campuses that reject postgraduate unions
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A society that relies solely on pedagogy is not kosher
The Augar review should prompt the creation of a network of secular synagogues devoted to adult peer learning, says Tom Schuller
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THE Young University Rankings 2019: lateral thinking pays dividends
Refusal to accept barriers, whether funding cuts or Brexit, has driven innovation at the University of Warwick since its birth, writes Stuart Croft
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THE Young University Rankings 2019: methodology
The 2019 Young University Rankings indicate the changing picture among newer institutions around the world. Here we explain the methodology that underpins the tables
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Aberdeen ex-principal’s £282K pay-off probed by funding council
Sir Ian Diamond reportedly did not trigger his 12-month notice period until his departure from the university