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Arts for art’s sake – but what about a career?
Emily Howard had an English degree and great expectations. Now jobless, she wonders if prospective students are given the whole truth
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Ukip could 'challenge higher education expansion'
Bright Blue modernisers warn Conservatives to differentiate their university agenda to avoid possible inroads by the UK Independence Party
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Is it the end for USS final salary pensions?
Proposal to shift all active members to career average system to tackle £13 billion deficit
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Management clones kill our thriving cultures
Universities undermine their identity and values when they headhunt outsiders for leadership roles, laments a senior manager
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War! What is it Good for? Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots, by Ian Morris
Jeremy Black on the provocative thesis that war has permitted the creation of peaceful societies
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One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery, by Karyn L. Freedman
Lynne Segal on an analytic philosopher’s first-hand account of sexual violence and its aftermath
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Hepi student survey highlights unhappiness over value for money
Poll reveals a cut in fees and more hours of teaching top student wishlist
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22 May 2014
Generation innovation - Supporting scholarship throughout the academic life cycle
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World in brief - 22 May 2014
FinlandEastern neighbours study Finnish institutional autonomyA training seminar was held recently at the University of Helsinki as part of a European Union initiative to assist reform and capacity-...
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Grant winners - 22 May 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graham HargraveInstitution: Loughborough UniversityEnergy efficiency...
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Melanie Jasper, 1954-2014
An “inspirational” head of the largest provider of healthcare education in Wales has died
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Q&A with Margaret Archer
We speak to the president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the highest-ranking woman in Pope Francis’ papacy
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THE Scholarly Web - 22 May 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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News in brief - 22 May 2014
Exam howlersTime to share student blundersWith the exam season well and truly under way – and luckily no longer affected by the threat of a marking boycott – Times Higher Education is launching this...