Winners and losers in Hefce funding allocations
REF-based distribution of £1.6bn research pot results in some big changes
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Miwa Hirono: my Home Office hell
Top academics will be increasingly reluctant to come to the UK, says Hirono, who is being forced to quit Britain despite her permanent post
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Does the sector need a ‘teaching REF’?
John Morgan examines the progress of a vision of parity between pedagogy and research
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For open-access clarity, adopt rule on exception
RCUK review recommends aligning policy with that of UK funding bodies
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Believe the unbelievable: where Adam Smith and Agent Smith meet
Ha-Joon Chang urges fellow economists to learn lessons from science fiction
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Consensus on net migration change, says MP
Labour’s Paul Blomfield believes change could happen even if Tories lead government after general election
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The Spanish and Greek scholars thrust into national politics
Martin McQuillan on the critical theorists shaking up Syriza and Podemos
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Saudi delivers undiplomatic verdict on UK universities
‘Lower standards’ at some institutions a result of rush to recruit overseas students, says embassy’s cultural attaché
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World in brief – 26 March 2015
Source: RexUnited StatesUAE critic is now persona non grataA New York University lecturer has been barred from travelling to the United Arab Emirates to visit the university’s campus there because he...
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Writtle College gains degree awarding powers
Specialist higher education institution Writtle College has been granted the power to award its own degrees.
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Postgraduate research loans 'could be restricted to certain subjects'
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills consultation asks whether funding should be limited to disciplines with strongest ‘scientific and economic case’
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Drop-out rate remains at record low
New Hesa stats also show proportion of new undergraduates from state school at almost 90%
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Students need better pastoral care, say private schools
Headteachers from some of the UK’s top private schools have called on universities to improve pastoral and academic support for first-year students
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World University Rankings 2015-2016: institutional data collection under way
Times Higher Education has begun building the largest and most comprehensive database of university information in the world as part of reforms to ensure that the flagship THE World University...
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Uclan v-c Gerry Kelleher to stand down
The University of Central Lancashire has announced that its vice-chancellor, Gerry Kelleher, is standing down for personal reasons