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Teaching REF would lead to time wasted ‘giving tuna sandwiches to assessors’
Edinburgh principal Sir Tim O’Shea warns such a system would distract from real mission
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Fifth of students at private college fail to show at classes
An investigation into a for-profit college by the UK’s quality watchdog has found that a fifth of students in a sample failed to show up to any classes at all, despite receiving public funding
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Number of Oxbridge graduates teaching at state schools doubles in a decade
Since 2003, the number of graduates from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge teaching at state schools has risen from 5,000 to 11,000
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Thelmas 2015 results announced
Universities celebrate at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards
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Ulster to cut up to 210 jobs after budget slashed
Ulster University is to cut up to 210 jobs and lose around 1,200 student places to cope with a £8 million reduction in Northern Ireland’s higher education budget
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THE podcast: 18-24 June 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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Graduate jobs market improving but skills shortage remains
‘Buoyant market’ leads to unfilled posts
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Building a global network
The article on allowing British students to use state loans for fees abroad struck a chord with me (“David Willetts: allow student loans to be used abroad”, 2 June). I, too, spoke at the British...
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The library lives
Laurie Taylor provides his usual incisive perspective on current issues in higher education by poking gentle fun at the changing roles of academic librarians (“The Dewey, Dewey Fog”, The Poppletonian...
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Inequality in attainment
Despite the best efforts of the widening participation initiative, the attainment gap in higher education between black and minority ethnic students and their white counterparts remains. The breadth...
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Everything is just so
The University of Cambridge plans to appoint a LEGO professor of play in education, development and learning (“Cambridge LEGO professor and research centre: price tag £4m”, 11 June). Guided by The...
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2015 winners
Our universities are not only among our most valuable national assets, they are also incredibly complex and demanding institutions in which to work. The pressures on those responsible for guiding...
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THE Leadership and Management Awards archive
THELMAs 2015 winners The winners were announced on 18 June 2015 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. THELMAs 2014 winners The winners were announced on 17 June 2014 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in...
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Driving After Class: Anxious Times in an American Suburb, by Rachel Heiman
SUVs but no Porsches: success is relative when keeping up with the Joneses, Jessi Streib finds