Student grants may become loans as BIS prepares to wield the axe
A former adviser to Vince Cable expects maintenance grants to disappear and a lower loan repayment threshold as department tackles £450m cut
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Long-distance relationships: challenges faced by internationalisation staff
Improving partnerships with overseas universities is seen as the biggest challenge facing internationalisation staff in European universities, according to research
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FutureLearn looks beyond the 1% to offerings of post-92s
UK Mooc platform adds new partners after admitting that using global rankings as a proxy for quality ‘hides a lot of detail’
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Grant income targets set at one in six universities, THE poll suggests
FoI request reveals which institutions have targets of some sort after the suicide last year of a professor at Imperial College London
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Half of universities have ‘made changes to degree algorithms’
Higher Education Academy report into quality assessment recommends creation of a task force to establish guidelines around the 2:1-2:2 borderline
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Laurie Taylor – 11 June 2015
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The week in higher education – 11 June 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Count sheep, not metrics
Given the run of campus, some academics would target what they see as cult practices that raise stress and cut productivity
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Asia University Rankings 2015 results announced
Japan still ‘king of the mountain’ but balance of power shifts to neighbour
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THE podcast: Asia University Rankings 2015
The Times Higher Education team discusses the results of this year's Asia University Rankings
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The proper application of overwhelming force
Asia continues its progress towards superpower status on a wave of investment, says Phil Baty
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Chinese new year
Japan loses its crown to its main regional rival, as massive state funding and innovation pay dividends for the People’s Republic, writes Katie Duncan
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Balance of power
There seems little doubt that Asia’s star is rising, but reports of its imminent academic hegemony are greatly exaggerated, argues Miguel Lim
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Industrial revolution
A nurturing relationship with Samsung has helped SKKU scale the domestic rankings and make its mark on the world stage, writes Chung Kyu Sang