University teaching chiefs ‘rarely have education background’
Study finds general management skills are valued more in education pro vice-chancellors than pedagogic expertise
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Top universities’ journal subscriptions ‘average £4 million’
Average spending has increased by 19 per cent in four years, Freedom of Information requests reveal
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The future is bright for branch campuses, but not as we know them
As transnational education matures, so too must the branch campus model if it is to remain relevant to the local community it serves, argues Christopher Hill
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Students ‘support tougher action’ against campus drug use
New survey finds barely a quarter of undergraduates have used illegal drugs during their degrees
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Academic freedom hopes in Malaysian change of guard
Scholars want an end to stifling university legislation, but differ on proposed approach
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Nature Index 2018: rise of Chinese research strength continues
Latest tables showing high-quality scholarly output for countries and universities demonstrate UK in particular is losing ground
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Lords criticise England’s ‘deeply unfair’ student loan system
Slash interest rates and reintroduce maintenance loans, says critical report
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TEF 2018: improved performance, or a more favourable methodology?
While the latest results of the teaching excellence framework brought joy for a number of institutions, they also throw up new questions about the validity of the exercise
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Safety fears could force university to close engineering facility
University of Chester refused retrospective planning permission over proximity to oil refinery
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Are universities such as Oxford biased towards class or race?
The long-perceived elitism of universities such as Oxford mean we need to reframe the widening access discussions to talk about economic backgrounds, not just race, argues Roshan Doug
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São Paulo rector sees no end in sight to Brazil’s turmoil
Dramatic cuts to public funding and an exodus of talent in the midst of an economic crisis endanger country’s position as a leader in Latin American higher education
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Striking unionists have moved beyond withdrawal of labour to active extortion
Open-day strikes can often be more ill-informed than effective, and threaten the university’s ability to recruit students, says one anonymous academic