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A parallel set of A-level marks that compare a candidate’s performance with that of other pupils should be introduced to allow universities to identify top students, an academic has suggested....
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Royal Society: regional resilience, scientific rebirth
The Islamic world should set up a funding consortium to channel research money into pressing areas such as water resources, renewable energy and agriculture, according to a report into Egyptian...
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The week in higher education
A sideways look at the week’s big stories
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Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death
Memory struggles with history in an annal of life in Auschwitz and afterwards, finds Robert Eaglestone
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Graduate job and salary outlook improves, says AGR
University leavers could have better graduate job prospects than their predecessors when they attempt to enter the world of work this summer, a survey has suggested.
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News in brief
Open-access publishingCommons inquiry to weigh FinchA second parliamentary inquiry into the UK’s open-access policy has been announced. The Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee announced...
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News in brief
AustraliaThe more the merrierThe author of a major review of Australian higher education has said that she is proud of the increase in student numbers that has followed the decision to implement the...
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London Met pays heavy price for licence loss
Loss of international student licence exacts heavy toll on London Met. David Matthews reports
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Local legwork, global goals for new man on campus
V-c keen to match Loughborough’s sports prowess with broad disciplinary strength.
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Appointments
Newcastle UniversityFrank MuellerBusiness schools have a key part to play in restoring faith in an embattled banking sector, according to Frank Mueller, Newcastle University Business School’s new...
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End-of-year appraisal
After 12 months as Reading’s v-c, David Bell reflects on the pleasures (and occasional pains) of leading the institution
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Reform chills are multiplying
A variety of institutions are feeling exposed in the shifting landscape emerging from the blizzard of coalition changes
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From Where I Sit - Admission attachés
I was in South Africa giving a college presentation to young women at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls when I asked if anyone in the audience had questions for me. “Before you came to...
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'Eight great technologies' for investment revealed
Universities and science minister David Willetts has laid out how the government plan to spend the £600 million allocated to research in December’s Autumn Statement