V-c: ‘muddle-headed’ fee cuts would wreck ‘progressive’ system
Aston University head warns mooted cuts to tuition fees in England will only benefit wealthiest graduates
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Lifelong learning? Part-time undergraduate provision is in crisis
With student numbers falling as fees rise, drastic action is needed to widen participation, says Claire Callender
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Singapore’s scholars haven’t retreated from the public sphere – they were never there
Scott Anthony takes issue with claims that Singapore’s leading universities have neglected local intellectual life
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Academics fear loss of sector research under OfS regime
Unclear whether new regulator will maintain programme that informs English higher education policy
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Female academics told image more important than quality of work
Programme aimed at empowering women, used in more than 35 universities, ‘unfit for an academic institution’
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Want your students to think creatively? Teach them at lunchtime
Experiment finds groups of students came up with twice as many ideas in classes around midday
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Strikes on as USS talks fail to end pensions dispute
Walkouts at 61 universities set to go ahead as chair’s casting vote backs UUK reforms
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Australian minister expresses concern over v-c salaries
Average salary of university leader in country stands at A$890,000 (£509,000)
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THE Asia University Rankings 2018: methodology
The 2018 regional rankings use Times Higher Education’s tried and tested methodology to scrutinise Asia
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China embraces research competition in drive for greatness
World’s biggest university investment programme will award billions of dollars using a new internal competition for quality-related funding, say experts
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Study challenges claims that v-c salaries are 'out of kilter'
Analysis of public sector pay claims that university leaders are paid ‘well below’ those in similar leadership positions
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Academic freedom in Hong Kong 'under threat'
New report highlights growing crackdown on dissident academics and increased political interference in campus affairs
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Further evidence of waning international enrolments in US
National Science Foundation report says overseas undergraduate recruitment is down 2.2 per cent, with a 5.5 per cent drop at postgraduate level
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UK university staff vote to strike over USS pension reforms
Fourteen days of strike action set to begin on 22 February if talks fail, affecting 61 universities
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Confusion over Office for Students' role endangers sector
Muddled thinking behind the creation of the new Office for Students risks damaging the UK's world-class universities, says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath