THE podcast: 21-27 August 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe International and postgraduate student fees survey 2014, student recruitment following the increase in tuition fees, tweeting academics, and female bodybuilding are all...
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THE books podcast: Laurie Taylor and Sally Feldman interview
Source: RexLaurie Taylor interviews John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) for the Sky Arts series, In ConfidenceDownload the podcastTelevision interviews with famous figures supplied the raw...
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Lib Dems to offer science ring-fence pledge
The Liberal Democrats will offer manifesto pledges to ring-fence the science budget and provide “further support” for Catapult centres.
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Campus ‘slackers’ kicked into gear
Lecturer finds a way to make the ‘social loafers’ in class pull their weight in group assignments
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Demand for STEM subjects holds up in wake of fees hike
But Hefce sounds alarm over the slump in foreign language students
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University of Leeds lectures legal scholar over ‘political’ tweets
Experts question ‘draconian’ social media policies after university rebukes academic questioning Theresa May’s policies
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How not to run student loans
Scams, defaults, over-optimistic revenue projections: the UK must look to US lessons on student finance, writes Nick Hillman
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UCL accused of shirking moral duty to workers at Qatar campus
Union claims it has evidence of forced labour and exploitation at the Education City complex in Doha
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University of Dundee PFI scheme deemed ‘unsustainable’
Institution looks for new business model to pay for halls of residence
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Polish academics return from Silicon Valley ‘willing to take risks’
Elite scholars are visiting the universities of Stanford and Berkeley in a mission to boost the country’s standing in a European innovation index
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Five applicants for every place on postgraduate scholarship scheme
1,700 students apply for 350 places on biggest programme ever run in the UK
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Let the right one in: hiring academic staff
Recruitment processes at UK universities need an overhaul if we are to hire the best people, argues Thomas Harrison
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Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War, by Elisabeth Shipton
Niamh Gallagher on the women who challenged the consensus of who could serve at the front
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21 August 2014
Under pressure - International and postgraduate student fees survey 2014
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World in brief - 21 August 2014
United StatesThe perfect place for party animalsSyracuse University in New York is the top “party school” in the US, according to a survey of 130,000 students. The declaration is based on an annual...