Danny Dorling on £6K fees: the 1% won’t feel a thing
Labour’s proposal to cut tuition fees will be funded by removing a perk from the UK’s super-rich, writes the professor of geography
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James Thompson, 1932-2015
One of the foremost academic librarians of his generation has died
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Checking up on teaching standards
Are the best assessors your colleagues, or external observers?
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Assessing China’s academic orbit
Yong Zhao believes China doesn’t foster the free thinkers it needs. What is the state of the country’s higher education system?
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English literature’s heresy wars
Creative writing, often seen as a heretical branch of English studies, is split into sects. But such schisms are no sin, says Jonathan Taylor
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From the cradle to the ballot
Labour has given birth to its £6K tuition fees baby but doubts still remain about the costs and benefits of the policy
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Flexible study emerges as cross-party concern
Help for non-traditional learning wins support, with Greg Clark saying ‘watch this space’
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Fee-free study and v-c pay curbs are election priorities, says Green Party
Greens unveil election goals but figures on cost of pledge on fees still pending
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The Undersea Network, by Nicole Starosielski
John Gilbey is fascinated by the unseen fibre-optic communications cables that gird the globe
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Falmouth University’s shared-services scheme awarded Hefce grant
FX Plus given £105,000 to encourage cost-sharing copycats at universities
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University of Bolton pays £100K for strategy awayday
Taking all staff to lakeside hotel for an audience with the vice-chancellor is an ‘appropriate developmental investment’
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Access would get a ‘reboot’ under Labour, says Byrne
Shadow minister explains that his party would aim for graduate tax but plans to leave numbers uncapped
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V-c-governor relationships make the stage
Judith Ackroyd and Jill Robinson explain why they are dramatising material from confidential interviews with university leaders
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How to lead a university: a beginner’s guide
Vice-chancellors discuss their role and offer advice to aspiring university leaders
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Social science PhDs are quids in
People with a PhD in the social sciences earn the largest average salary seven to nine years after graduation, whereas those with a doctorate in the biological sciences go on to earn the least,...