Tuition fee cap frozen again
The tuition fee cap will remain at £9,000 in 2014-15, meaning the government is allowing most universities’ income to be eroded by inflation, while students’ grants for living expenses will be held...
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THE podcast: Pawan Agarwal interview
Podcast Powered By PodbeanThe future of Indian higher education, including the objectives of the government’s 12th five-year plan and the challenges around education funding, are up for discussion as...
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‘Established’ universities could go bust, warns report
Established UK universities will go out of business within the next 10 years unless they adapt to survive an era of intense pressure driven by globalisation, technology, rising student expectations,...
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Schmidt-MacArthur fellowships launched
A fellowship award for postgraduate students at 10 universities will encourage them to develop thinking that will promote a more “circular economy” – a school of thought that aims to increase the...
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Gender leadership gap tackled by manifesto
A document that aims to bridge the gender leadership gap in higher education worldwide has been officially launched at an international conference.
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School pupils articulate at Cambridge for annual prize
A competition that hopes to encourage more school children to study history of art at university reaches its finale this weekend following a series of eight regional heats.
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Sexism rife in universities, warns NUS report
More than half of female students identify “prevailing sexism, ‘laddism’ and a culture of harassment” at their universities, according to a survey by the National Union of Students.
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University spending rising faster than income
Spending by English universities rose faster than their income did in the year before £9,000 tuition fees were introduced, while institutions again increased their reliance on fees paid by overseas...
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Steely tyrant’s revolutionary designs
Revolutionary zeal, not imperial ambition, drove on the USSR’s great tyrant, says Vladimir Tismaneanu
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Healthy mental environment
Jules Pretty agrees that we must deepen our feelings for the world if we are to live sustainably
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Education: A Very Short Introduction by Gary Thomas
In the opening lines of Education: A Very Short Introduction, Gary Thomas notes that few people know much about why schools function as they do today: about the intellectual ideas that have...
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30 Great Myths About Shakespeare by Laurie Maguire and Emma Smith
Apparently there are only 30 great myths about Shakespeare. It doesn’t seem that many for a great man. A great man ought to have a great number of myths, and 30 is not a great number. In fact 30 is...
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Filmspeak: How to Understand Literary Theory by Watching Movies by Edward Tomarken
Philip Kemp wants more substance in the application of literary theory to popular cinema
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World Reputation Rankings 2013 methodology
Poll position: experts think these are the best in the business The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly...
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Graduate gender pay gap highlighted
Female graduates are still earning less than their male counterparts, even when they have taken courses from the same subject area, new analysis has found.