Jacqui Smith: maintenance grants ‘less generous than hoped’
Minister suggests internal battle to secure extra maintenance support for disadvantaged students to blame for low grant amount
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Code red on campus? Black belt talking skills are most effective
Aggressively tackling intruders is best avoided, but a security guard should always have a ready supply of animal-themed plasters, says George Bass
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Victoria to use block teaching model at new Indian campus
Latest joint venture between Australian and Indian providers will operate as ‘bilateral gateway’, says vice-chancellor
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Fake sick notes ‘on the rise’ in student cheating cases
AI-assisted software makes it easier for students to forge medical evidence for disciplinary hearings, says legal expert
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India governance reforms spark fears of ‘over-centralised’ control
Plan to replace several longstanding regulators with single Higher Education Commission could put union government in conflict with states, critics fear
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First projects funded under Scottish shared services support fund
Project that will see a dozen universities band together to respond to research risks among those receiving a grant
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Chichester settles with students over axed African history course
Institution agrees to pay undisclosed sum after cutting unique master’s programme amid review of provision
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OfS investigation adds to woes at Greater Manchester
Regulator announces it is probing governance arrangements at under-pressure institution
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Universities using agents ‘risk falling foul’ of new fraud laws
Providers generally unaware that they may face penalties unless they are more proactive in safeguarding recruitment work
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Graduate unemployment ‘another whip’ to attack US sector
Rise in number of college-educated people out of work could be down to AI boom and economic policies of the Trump administration, experts say
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Boards hampered by ‘power imbalances and over-familiarity’
New ‘ethical code’ attempts to address criticism that university governance is ‘dominated by cliques’
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Grants ‘should be part of wider new deal’ for low-income students
Low value of support on offer not enough to move the dial on university access, critics fear
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Are banking covenants the big bad wolf of UK higher education?
Dark tales abound of various UK universities being at risk of breaching agreements with their banks. But what exactly are covenants? Why have they come to play such a prominent role in the...
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Iran’s war on independent learning has gone digital – and international
The targeting of a Netherlands-based online Persian university represents a state grappling with limits on its control of knowledge circulation, says Roohola Ramezani