Oxford admissions tutor: only radical school reform will significantly widen access
Perhaps more could be done, but Oxbridge admissions data closely mirror applications, says Jonathan Leader Maynard
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Elite universities strive for inclusivity – but only up to a point
A growing sense of middle-class grievance in the UK would make a radical redistribution of top university places a very difficult political sell, says Sir Nigel Thrift
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How to negotiate your life’s doctoral turn
Identifying intellectual junctions, intersections and sites for negotiation can give your academic rite of passage the right of way, says Zachary Foster
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Oxbridge beats Eton if you want to be in the ‘elite’ (but both is best)
The most effective institutions in ‘oiling elite trajectories’ are now universities, not schools, find Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves
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Industrial Strategy Commission: it is time to address UK’s major regional inequalities
Commission’s final report calls for an Office for Strategic Economic Management to ensure sound regional economic policy, writes Andy Westwood
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One-size-fits-all quality system ‘forces private colleges to lie’
Senior QAA reviewer claims it is unfair to compare alternative providers to universities when they charge different fees
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From Syrian opposition leader to master’s student in Canada
Noura Al-Jizawi hopes her experience at the University of Toronto will help her to transform her homeland into a democracy
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Stirling quiet on professor’s ‘Russia links’ to Trump campaign
Fellow at Scottish university at centre of investigation over presidential adviser’s alleged collusion with Russian authorities
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European backlash over 'sugar daddy' campus adverts
Paris and Brussels are now taking legal action against sites critics accuse of 'pimping'
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How to make sure your lectures aren’t too anti-Brexit
Rob Johns offers advice on making sure your teaching is not all pro-remain, in the wake of the Heaton-Harris letter
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Mexico university blames structural failings for fatal bridge collapse
Five people were killed at Monterrey Institute of Technology during 7.1 magnitude earthquake in September
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Betsy DeVos ‘bad for US higher education’, say university leaders
Campus protests promoted by controversial speakers also viewed as very negative but relatively low impact, survey finds
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Nightmare student feedback: ‘I can’t remember who the teacher was’
Kingsley Purdam on the relentless need to gather feedback – and why the results of doing so are not always of much value