Opus versus output
Artistic practice can certainly be research - but the present model in UK universities is confused and lacks intellectual rigour, argues Nicholas Till
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Trevor Elliott, 1949-2013
Trevor Elliott was born in Lancashire on 26 August 1949 and educated at Derby School. After graduating in geology from the University College of Swansea (now Swansea University) in 1970, he secured a...
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Off Piste - Learning how to keep ducks
Helen Bynum on the rewards, delight and egg-citement of dabbling in duck-keeping
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Exeter’s rankings success gained at staff’s expense
Management pledges to tackle ‘stress-inducing’ culture. By Elizabeth Gibney
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Stalin’s Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War, by Robert Gellately
Vladimir Tismaneanu discusses the revolutionary ambitions of the USSR’s great tyrant
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Australia’s academy faces day of reckoning over student loans
Whoever wins the next election, uncapped enrolments and a big student loan book must be addressed, say observers
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Chavez's death 'unlikely to help' Venezuelan universities
Death of Hugo Chavez unlikely to lead to changes within Venezuela’s ‘isolationist’ university system, says expert
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Student rooms provider UPP issues bond
Student accommodation provider UPP has launched its first bond, backed by the income from student residences at five universities.
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RCUK open-access guidance revised
Longer embargo periods of up to 24 months for green open access will only apply when universities’ annual block grants for “gold” article fees have run out, Research Councils UK has confirmed.
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Willetts criticises binary divide ‘curmudgeons’
David Willetts has criticised “curmudgeons” who call for the return of a binary divide between universities and polytechnics, while a Labour MP has said modern universities can teach older...
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Sheffield study shows overseas students’ worth
International students add £120.3 million to the Sheffield economy each year, an in-depth analysis has concluded.
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World Reputation Rankings 2013 results
Six elite universities in the US and UK dominate THE’s 2013 World Reputation Rankings
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Inside Higher Ed: When Not to Share
By Carl Straumsheim, for Inside Higher Ed
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Syrian students fee waiver urged
Ministers have written to Universities UK to urge the sector to waive the fees of Syrian students who have been impacted by the country’s civil war.
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New Uclan vice-chancellor appointed
The University of Central Lancashire has appointed Gerry Kelleher to become its vice-chancellor when it moves to a new corporate-style group structure later this year.