Willetts wants banks to fill postgrad funding gap
But NUS says commercial loans are not the answer to ‘crisis’

But NUS says commercial loans are not the answer to ‘crisis’

University criticised for ‘unreasonable’ stance over data-transfer error

Interviews begin for chief executive post: will a woman get the nod at last?

Minerva aims to reinvent the university as a global experience of ‘Ivy League’ education

Prepare for some Darwin-on-Mendel action: it’s the ‘exam howlers’ 2013

Recruiters doubt comparability of degree results

Critics doubt legality of regulatory framework’s disciplinary powers

Thomas Docherty warns of an obsession that threatens the university

Roger Morgan on how a liberal doyen blackballed a Red rival

Students appreciate the value of teaching, says Myshele Goldberg: it’s a shame managers have different ideas

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University of DundeeMark RobsonThe newly appointed professor of English and theatre studies at the University of Dundee has pointed to the post’s “enormous potential”. “The role that I’ll have at...

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Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: David CassidyInstitution: University College LondonValue: £147,622Gravitational free-fall experiments with positroniumAward winner: Ingrid...