Quarter of students in UK universities gain first-class degree
Latest Hesa data show that share of students with top degree has risen significantly since 2012-13
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Peru research programme tackles threats to young alpacas
Alpacas may be one of the symbols of Peru, but disease has hitherto ravaged a species essential to fibre production
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Greening blocked English tuition fee cuts, says PM's ex-adviser
Former Downing Street policy guru Nick Timothy says former education secretary resisted university funding review and potential tuition fee cuts
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Anti-terror laws ‘to blame for campus free speech concerns’
Baroness Amos criticises government anti-terror strategy Prevent in appearance before parliamentarians
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UCL launches investigation into secret eugenics conference
Annual event run by honorary lecturer featured white supremacist speakers and was attended by Toby Young
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California’s community colleges: university gateway, economic engine
Chancellor of world’s biggest higher education system sees Trump immigration plan as ‘antithesis’ of American values
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Career advice: how to supervise a PhD student for the first time
There are numerous survival guides for doctoral students, but much less advice on how to supervise PhD candidates. Robert MacIntosh offers some tips on becoming an effective supervisor
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2018 open for entries
Event celebrates achievements of often under-recognised individuals and teams
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Interview with Peter Corke
The Australian robotics researcher and award-winning teacher discusses the importance of hands-on learning and why robots won’t be taking our jobs any time soon
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Ben Barres, 1954-2017
Tributes paid to neuroscientist who identified role of glial cells in several serious diseases
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For people like me, university is a gateway to unemployment
How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh
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Russell Group vice-chancellors’ pay averages almost £332K
Elite universities admit they must change remuneration practices despite smaller average pay increase in 2016-17
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Urbanization and English Romantic Poetry, by Stephen Tedeschi
How did mushrooming cities influence verse and vice versa? Shahidha Bari on a bold study
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Unlocking the Church: The Lost Secrets of Victorian Sacred Space, by William Whyte
James Stevens Curl on an eloquent plea for an understanding of the past through built fabric
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The week in higher education – 11 January 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media