The week in higher education - 17 October 2013
A creepy clown whose eerie appearances have spooked a town has been unmasked as a University of Northampton student, the Sunday People revealed on 13 October. Dressed as the homicidal clown Pennywise...
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Pay ratios point to massive inequality
Cut wages at top to underwrite living wage to all, say Young Greens
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Oxford teaching and the £16K question
How does the university calculate the real cost of undergraduate education?
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Put part-time study at the heart of policy, says UUK review
Report warns of ‘market failure’ but critics say it doesn’t go far enough
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No law degree required for would-be solicitors
Legal training overhaul would promote diversity and cut costs, regulator says
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Can Marx retake the academy?
With interest in Ralph Miliband’s work high after the Mail’s attack, could Marxism regain academic ascendency? asks Martin McQuillan
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Europe hopes for common Mooc market and single currency
Credit transfer system could give Continent advantage over US
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Bath scholars call for rethink on PGCE closure
Save ‘outstanding’ programme, university told
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Research-led arrows to hit technology bullseye
Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF
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Biometric scanners used to keep tabs on overseas students
Sunderland and Ulster introduce fingerprinting systems
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Mooc creators criticise courses’ lack of creativity
Original vision lost in scramble for profit and repackaging of old ideas, say pair
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Can the spirit of the Robbins report be revived?
Gareth Williams laments the decline of higher education research since its heyday following an influential report
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Boost enterprise partnerships, GSK head tells universities
Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF
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Aptitude adjustment
More and more prestigious US liberal arts colleges are making it voluntary for applicants to submit standardised test scores and say they will not favour the high achievers who do submit. These...
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Digital Dieting: From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness, by Tara Brabazon
Sandra Leaton Gray on healthier options for e-junkies