Hepi director owns up to policy ‘mistake’
Hepi director’s mea culpa comes as he considers ‘problems in the status quo’. John Morgan writes
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Gove guarded on cost of A-level revision
But estimate puts cost of Russell Group-led redesign at £10 million a year. Jack Grove reports
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UK university partners end ties to LSBF
Private college loses all its previous degree-validating partners
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Efficiencies review to celebrate best practice
Universities UK study is ‘not agenda for cuts’ but a chance to salute best practice. Holly Else writes
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Women in STEM waiting for structural change
Dame Athene Donald brands MPs’ report on women in science ‘weak’
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Unease over appointment to Hefce board
Minister accused of favouring for-profit sector after Kaplan appointment. John Morgan writes
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‘Spooky Mooc’ students fail to bite over credits
University’s Vampire Fictions course ends with no participants opting to pay for official recognition of their achievement
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Sign up for Uclan MA in self-publishing
Matthew Reisz on ‘world’s first’ degree providing chapter and verse on the self-publishing process
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N8 Research PartnershipShare options pay dividendsA consortium of universities in the North of England has built a toolkit to help guide institutions looking to share equipment. The N8 Research...
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THE survey reveals gender inequality persists even in Athena SWAN institutions
Even Athena SWAN holders have a way to go, THE workplace survey suggests. Chris Parr reports
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Campus close-up
Broader course portfolio and research push may help Bishop Grosseteste University recruit from afar. Paul Jump reports
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United StatesHarvard mistake hits 11,000A US university accidentally overtaxed thousands of its employees for four years in a payroll error. Owing to a mistake in the way it reported its employees’...
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A streamlined portfolio is new path to innovation
Ivy League chief says institutional accretion makes it hard to tackle global problems. Chris Parr writes
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Cut to scholarship shows US ‘disregard’ for Europe
President of US-Ireland Alliance says step is sign of America’s ‘indifference to Europe’
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Pacifists confused with terrorists
One of the many joys of growing old in the classroom is to hear students asking fundamental questions that the public chooses to neglect. I teach a course called “Social Problems”. It is the first...