Rollback of post-study work rules mooted
Meeting at Treasury hints at moves to repair visa policy’s harm to universities
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Q&A with Sir Patrick Stewart
We speak to the actor and chancellor of the University of Huddersfield
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1% offer ‘endangers’ national pay bargaining
Below-inflation rise could prompt richer institutions to offer enhanced local deals, expert warns
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Clap your hands if you believe
With the Treasury stepping out of its traditional role as panto villain, human capital is back atop the political agenda
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Inquiry will lend an ear to banks’ role
‘No preconceptions’ as Higher Education Commission begins exploration of long-term financial sustainability
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Skills and New Labour: inside education policymaking
Andy Westwood, former New Labour special adviser, asks what went wrong with skills policy
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Volunteer to assimilate
Chinese students in the UK are keen to get work experience, and it would help them to integrate, says Bin Wu
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27 February 2014
Overburdened? - Academics assess the inaugural research excellence framework
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World in brief - 27 February 2014
New ZealandExport initiatives get cash boostSchemes designed to attract international students to New Zealand’s universities have been given a NZ$465,000 (£232,000) funding boost. The New Zealand...
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Grant winners - 27 February 2014
Health FoundationAward winner: Sara DemainInstitution: University of SouthamptonValue: £238,000Self-management VOICED (valued outcomes of importance: consensus and disparity) Leverhulme TrustMajor...
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THE Scholarly Web - 27 February 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Alison Jolly, 1937-2014
An academic expert on lemurs, who fought for conservation through children’s books as well as scientific papers, has died
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News in brief - 27 February 2014
The Russell GroupOsborne unveils UK-China linkGeorge Osborne has announced a programme of collaboration between leading universities in China and the UK’s Russell Group institutions. Speaking to...
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Intelligences probed
Central to the paper by Edward Dutton and Richard Lynn reporting that social scientists are dimmer than physical scientists (“Who’s naturally the smarter?”, 20 February) is an ancient IQ study...
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Boycott’s fallout
An open letter to Sally Hunt, UCUWe are enthusiastic supporters of the principles of unions, whereby workers unite to obtain better conditions for themselves. A good union will act appropriately to...