Fund ‘pick-and-mix’ Mooc generation, ex-wonk advises
State should fund the individual, not the provision, Sir Michael Barber argues
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Tax and rend for the Lib Dems?
Higher education could cause party fresh problems for 2015
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MIT doyenne: science still a man’s world
Nancy Hopkins identifies remaining obstacles to gender equality
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‘Responsive mode’ takes lion’s share of AHRC cash
Council unveils five-year strategy
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Afghanistan ‘must establish links’ with the West
Minister of education tells conference his country cannot progress without building foreign partnerships
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The Only Way is Exeter
Male-dominated Exeter - Male-dominated PoppletonAllegations that Poppleton University suffers from the same “stress-inducing” culture as recently revealed in a new internal report on life at the...
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British Library pledges support to university libraries
Chief executive Roly Keating tells Matthew Reisz he will help university libraries seek ‘the heart of the service’
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Campus round-up: 14 March 2013
Artistic authorityA university leader’s art collection was put on public display this week. The exhibition, titled Colour and Modernity, features prints, oil paintings and lithographs collected by...
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Olympians: give sporting life a sporting chance
THE podcast hears rallying cry for sector: play up and let students play the game
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Appointments - 14 March 2013
Harper Adams UniversityLeander McLennanA new lecturer in animal health at Harper Adams University said her transition from commercial clinical work to teaching was a “big change” but a challenge she...
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The advantages of being freelance
Sian Lawson extols the virtues of independence from the academy
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14 March 2013
Target practice - US college presidents take on the gun lobby and rediscover the power of protest
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Gary Day, Andrew McInnes, R.C. Richardson, Brandy Schillace and Sharon Wheeler...
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The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine
Jill Stephenson on a skilful critique of the scholarly preoccupation with difference
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Shakespeare in Company by Bart van Es
Peter J. Smith on the Bard as collaborative figure