Some universities could still fail to fill places, v-c warns
The upturn in students accepted into university this year could disguise big falls at some institutions, a vice-chancellor has warned.
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A-level grade deflation continues but universities accept record numbers
The number of students accepted on to university courses is up 9 per cent despite a fall in the number of top grades awarded at A level.
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Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 released
Eastern institutions slow to make inroads into Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities table
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THE podcast: 15 August 2013 issue review
Download the podcastA-level results day, clearing, overseas students’ use of proofreaders and Oxbridge’s relationship with competition law are all up for discussion in this week’s Times Higher...
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15 August 2013
Unintended results - What A‑level reforms might mean for the sector
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The week in higher education
Since taking over last year at the Office for Fair Access, Les Ebdon’s tactic for avoiding publicity has been to make all his pronouncements as boring as possible. But that does not keep people off...
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Leader - Don’t get too comfortable
Sector braces itself for second round of admissions since start of government’s big higher education ‘experiment’
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Competition questions over rule that restricts applications to Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge agreement could amount to breach of competition law, say experts
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Asian century? Not just yet
Table shows scant evidence of global power shift towards Asian institutions. David Matthews writes
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Girls clean up in the Ucas points sweepstakes
But data show that grades in each subject may be rather more equal. David Matthews writes
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Is proofreading permissible?
Academics lack guidance on foreign students’ use of proofreaders. David Matthews reports
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Door shut on student visa sponsorship programme
A partnership helping students to work in the UK has been cut short. David Matthews writes
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Odds and quads
Ceramic cabbages, knitted cauliflowers and caterpillars, birds made of stone and metal, dancing daffodils, even a hive of porcelain bees: all formed part of the allotment created by the Manchester...
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No one listens to us, say 40 per cent of respondents to THE Best University Workplace Survey
Early results of THE staff survey show 40% feel their opinions go unheard. Chris Parr reports
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Black studies centre tackles monochrome campuses
UK Centre for Research in Black Studies aims to tackle on-campus inequality. Jack Grove reports