Liberal studies
Frank Furedi convincingly argues that the virtues of a liberal education have been supplanted by an economic instrumentalism reinforced by an ideology that sees the recipients of higher education as...
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Single watchdog is better than several
The announcement by the Higher Education Funding Council for England of a review of the arrangements for carrying out quality assessment (“Watchdog ‘no match’ for a sector in flux”, News, 9 October)...
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The week in higher education - 16 October 2014
Three Japanese-born scientists shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the blue light-emitting diode (LED), but not everyone was so keen to congratulate the trio. The inventor of the original...
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Wendy Purcell hires discrimination lawyers as Plymouth University prepares final report
V-c hires law firm amid suggestions the case against her includes a complaint about her management style
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University of Manchester’s Graphene City is waiting for take-off
The UK risks losing the global race to exploit the thinnest material on the planet, warns university leader
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Ukip: cut foreign university students from migration figures
Party policy is to remove non-European Union students from the UK’s net targets
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Charities’ role in supporting medical research
A group of medical charities spent more on health research last year than two government funding bodies, according to a report
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SNP: let us reintroduce post-study work visas
Scottish government wants immigration powers devolved to Holyrood
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Fossil fuel divestment plan provokes heated response
Senior professors express ‘outrage’ at Glasgow’s decision to reduce investment
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Can we have our feedback, please?
One of our senior academics has been officially reprimanded for “repetitive feedback failure”.According to leaked minutes from the University Staff Supervision Panel, Professor Lapping of Media and...
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Performing lost Jewish music and theatre
University of Leeds musicologist heads a team in receipt of a £1.5 million grant to recover pre-war artworks
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Campus close-up: University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Institution incentivises students to learn their native tongue as it delivers dual language courses
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Pontifical scholar calls for action on slavery
The UK’s draft Modern Slavery Bill is insufficient, sociologist Margaret Archer argues
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Opportunity knocks for 77% in mentoring scheme
Realising Opportunities project helps aspiring undergraduates from poor areas gain places at elite research institutions