Humanities in need of wider Horizon 2020
We are deeply concerned by the plans for Horizon 2020, the European Union’s forthcoming seven-year research and innovation programme. The promises made by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, commissioner for...
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Never having to say sorry
Should our university be ashamed because it occupies such a lowly rank in the current list of UK universities?That was the question our reporter Keith Ponting (30) put to Deputy Head of Brand...
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‘Miss’ no hit with illustrious Queen Mary alumna
Inaccurate ‘begging letter’ incenses emeritus professor
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EPSRC calls for more CDT cash
Council pushes government to provide additional funding in light of abundance of high quality bids to run centres for doctoral training
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Deloitte maps space in student cribs
The number of purpose-built student bed spaces in each region of the UK in 2013-14, how much they cost on average per week and the number of full-time students in 2011-12 are shown here
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Work-to-rule may hit academics in pay packet
Working Time Regulations not as restrictive as UCU thinks, lawyer argues
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Unions unite to protest ULU president’s arrest
Open letter from around 100 staff condemns police action
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Continuum study to press for solutions to part-time slump
Sector’s report on decline failed to provide answers, says UEL centre’s director John Storan
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Russell Group enrolments vary widely across London
Discrepancies not fully explained by attainment levels, report finds
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Moocs: edX unveils Arab initiative, Udacity rethinks ‘lousy product’
Harvard/MIT platform sees ‘huge demand’ as rival shifts approach
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Westminster programme integrates arts and science
Student collaboration blends skills to take fresh look at knowledge
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Helix Centre: designs for lifesaving
Royal College of Art and Imperial partner in ‘high-impact’ hub
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Hungarian sector limps along as youth still vote with their feet
‘Student contract’ fails to forestall exodus as academy reels from massive cuts
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State interventionism
The coverage of the Robbins report’s 50th anniversary was a reminder of the way higher education shapes and is shaped by government policy. Robbins established that for the UK, the extent of...