The week in higher education
“Overseas students from wealthy families are renting some of London’s most desirable and expensive flats,” the Evening Standard reported on 1 August. One estate agent said that at the new 65 Duke...
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Leader - A costly business for some
The intended undergraduate fees market never took off, but it is very real for international and postgraduate students
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Title deed
BPP decision reached despite concerns over US parent firm
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Couch potatoes find the iron men within
Herts lecturer whips average people into shape for gruelling super-triathlon. Chris Parr reports
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Funding councils defend studentship restrictions
But scholars question motives behind restriction of project studentships. Paul Jump reports
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Zero-hours contracts rife in education
UCU research aims to find figure for academy alone
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Concentration of UK universities v population distribution
The correlation between distribution of universities and overall population distribution in the UK is surprisingly strong
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An appeal for silence in the seminar room
Robert Zaretsky on sustained and sustaining pauses for thought during university lectures
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International and postgraduate student fees survey, 2013
Data on what each UK university will charge next year show how the cost of study can vary wildly
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What’s God got to do with evolution?
Sarah Coakley, Cambridge professor of divinity, discusses how theology throws light on evolution, gender and other issues
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Access problems for poorest exposed in government report
Children from the poorest families remain around half as likely to enter higher education than their more affluent peers, new figures show.
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UEA body mystery
A search of a university lake where the body of a woman was found last week provided no further clues to her identity.
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Sensitivity training for obesity Tweet professor
A US professor who Tweeted that if overweight PhD applicants “didn’t have the willpower to stop eating carbs” then they “won’t have the willpower to do a dissertation” has been formally censured by...
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Library report shines light on developing world
Fresh light on how academic libraries in low- and medium-income economies are contributing to universities has been shed in a new report.
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Scottish Highers pass rate rises again
The pass rate for Scottish Highers has risen again, while more Scottish students have also won places at universities or colleges in the country.