UK sector fears global talent-poachers
Institutional ‘risk registers’ flag growing worry that top managers will be lured abroad
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Mothers’ work-life balance in the academy
Matthew Reisz on how women walk the line between home and office
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Languages decline laid bare in Hefce figures
The number of students starting modern languages degrees fell by 12 per cent last year – double the overall drop in student numbers, new figures show.
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CBI calls for more short university courses
Universities need more freedom to run one- or two-year compressed degrees tailored to the needs of companies, according to business leaders.
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Funding for animal testing alternatives unveiled
Research into replacing and reducing animal use in scientific experiments is to benefit from £4.8 million in public investment in 2013-14
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Pension shortfall fears over Scottish referendum
A £9.8 billion shortfall in the main university pension scheme could be payable if Scotland left the UK following a vote on independence in 2014
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Imperial releases Ahluwalia report
Imperial College London has cleared disgraced researcher Jatinder Ahluwalia of committing fraud during his industrial doctorate at the institution. However, a report setting out the finding also...
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Inside Higher Ed: Embargoes for Dissertations?
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Teacher training warning to MPs
The system of planning teacher training in England has “broken down”, risking a teacher shortage in the future, MPs have been warned.
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Overseas students targeted in new export strategy
The government has said it is “realistic” for UK international student numbers to grow up to 20 per cent over five years under current visa rules
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Bunac archive finds a new home
The archives of the British Universities North America Club have been saved by the Bodleian Library following a Times Higher Education appeal
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Heart image prize winners revealed
Academics at King’s College London and the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford have won prizes in a heart science image competition
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Open University leaves Alliance to become non-aligned
The Open University has ended its six-and-a-half-year affiliation with the University Alliance mission group.
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PhD completion rates, 2013
The proportion of PhD students in England expected to obtain degrees has risen slightly, but at some institutions around a fifth may never qualify.
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THE podcast: 25 July 2013 issue review
Download the podcastOfsted reviews of university teacher training, the Performing Porn conference, our new THE Best University Workplace survey, and changes at the Engineering and Physical Sciences...