‘Cut 50% of universities and bar undergraduates from Oxbridge’
Sir Roderick Floud, former UUK president, criticises duplication and waste in ‘muddled non-system’
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The trouble with taught degree-awarding powers
Nick Hillman on plans to use the powers to sort good universities from bad
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Tuition fees subsidise research in ‘unfunded’ social sciences
Dame Judith Rees, former LSE interim director, warns of problems as students’ awareness of value increases
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Cheating common, say Brazil’s students
Report points to prevalence of plagiarism and low awareness of academic integrity and referencing conventions
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Principals will remain neutral on referendum
I was very interested in Times Higher Education’s coverage of the Scottish independence referendum debate and its implications for higher education.I feel obliged to correct the implication in the...
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Warburg Institute: library saved from Nazis awaits its fate
Collection could be broken up in legal action over 1944 deed of trust
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FutureLearn ‘delighted’ at response to first Moocs
User data for initial online offerings show that 13% of those who sign up finish their courses
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Tentacles: the new fangs (and teaching tool)
Sea monsters are inspiring new critical theory and can even be a useful tool in the seminar room, says Roger Luckhurst
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Laurie Taylor on the endangered art of ethnography
The power of immersive research, and what it is like to be an academic who spends months at sea
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Suspension of BITE’s visa licence ‘only temporary’
James MacAskill, principal of the private college, says suspension is down to a ‘misunderstanding’ by the Home Office
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THE podcast: Asia University Rankings 2014 results
Download the podcastTimes Higher Education has published its Asia University Rankings 2014, based on the same tried-and-trusted performance indicators that underpin the prestigious THE World...
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THE books podcast: David Marquand interview
Download the podcastIn the latest Times Higher Education books podcast, books editor Karen Shook speaks to political writer and historian, academic and former MP David Marquand about his moral-state-...
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2014 winners announced
The University of East Anglia scooped the top prize last night at the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2014
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2014 winners
Winning a Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Award is recognition of a most impressive achievement: making an exceptional contribution to the success of one of the UK’s most precious...