Students call for divestment in fossil fuel firms
A group of students has delivered a petition to Universities UK calling for the sector to stop investing in fossil fuels.
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Scottish universities launch their own overseas campaign
Scottish universities have created a new body to promote themselves to the rest of the world separately from institutions in the rest of the UK
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Academics ‘moderate’ students’ political views
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Former Scottish university principals warn against independence
‘Brightest and best future’ for HE in Scotland ‘is to remain in the UK’, they say
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Willetts threatens legal action over private provider student payments
Government admits £8 million paid out to students who had not proved residency
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Sunderland agrees to waive year-abroad fees
The University of Sunderland has joined a growing list of institutions who have decided to waive fees for language students on a study year abroad
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Queen’s Birthday Honours: two Sir Davids among HE knighthoods
The vice-chancellors of the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham have been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Students ‘relying on payday loans’ to make ends meet
Tens of thousands of undergraduates are relying on payday loans or doorstop lending to fund their studies, a new survey suggests.
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National Teaching Fellows announced
UK’s only professor in education for deaf children among those winning fellowships
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THE podcast: 12-18 June 2014 issue review
Download the podcastWhat might independence mean for Scotland’s universities? Would you be happy lecturing at 9pm? And why have complaints to the higher education sector’s ombudsman fallen for the...
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Late shift proposed to beat squeeze on teaching space
Exeter staff bristle at proposed change to teaching timetable to include 9pm finish
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When the police call, researchers require backup
Shield laws could help protect confidential sources, but most vital is university support, say Ted Palys and John Lowman
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Tips for finishing your PhD thesis on time
Scholar Siân Lindsay’s research on doctoral completion has yielded valuable insights and practical advice
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Are research output measures more worthy than critical review?
Citation in high-impact journals valued more than scholarly assessment
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Mammon's Kingdom: An Essay on Britain, Now, by David Marquand
Danny Dorling lauds an impassioned call to tame the UK’s ever more toxic worship of money