Tribal leader in overseas student surveys after i-graduate takeover
An outsourcing company has announced that it will buy i-graduate, a firm that surveys international students and agents, for up to £7.5 million.
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Picking winners? Osborne reveals graphene cash as Treasury muscles into science funding
George Osborne, the chancellor, has announced the allocation of £21.5 million for projects to unlock practical applications for the “miracle material” graphene.
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Details on interviews for overseas students revealed
The Home Office has released more details of the controversial extra 100,000 interviews to be introduced for international students planning to study in the UK, which will cover applicants'...
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Field trip charges fall away under higher tuition fees
Universities are increasingly paying for student field trips after this year's hike in student fees, a new report suggests.
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Survey reveals UK study benefits for Chinese
Chinese students who study in Britain return to their home country more open-minded and tolerant, according to a new study.
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Copyright changes 'should boost growth'
The government has announced changes to copyright that it hopes will bring existing exceptions for education, research and archiving up to date.
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Reprieve for universities that failed to fill places
Universities that failed to fill undergraduate places this year will not generally be hit with cuts to their student number allocation next year, unless their shortfalls were "extreme", England's...
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Jakes Gerwel, 1946-2012
A leading academic, anti-apartheid campaigner and close colleague of Nelson Mandela has died.Gert Johannes (Jakes) Gerwel was born in rural Somerset East, South Africa in 1946, and attended the...
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Grant winners
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL2012 CASE studentships• Award winner: Anna Hine• Institution: Aston University• Value: £108,173To work in partnership with Isogenica Ltd to...
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Don't tar discipline with Stapel brush
The report of the Levelt, Noort and Drenth committees into the fraudulent research practices of the social psychologist Diederik Stapel performs a valuable service for the academic community. In...
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Separate spheres
In your item on the UK Border Agency's raid of Leeds Professional College, you report that this came despite the institution "passing the educational oversight test" and being "QAA-approved" ("...
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Vanity management (1 of 2)
Queen Mary, University of London's promotional material hypes its success in the 2008 research assessment exercise against the sparkling backdrop of new buildings. Academic freedom in expensive "open...
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Vanity management (2 of 2)
Although the University and College Union branch at Queen Mary called off its strike in protest against principal Simon Gaskell's metrics-led dismissals and proposed performance management scheme,...
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Percentage error
The major miscalculation in relating student-to-staff ratios to time spent teaching is the use of percentages of time instead of hours ("The lecturers who don't teach (but still count)", News, 6...
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Pre-booked value
Like Iain Stevenson ("Hang the expenses", Opinion, 13 December), I often have multiple reimbursement claims totalling more than four figures. These can be repayments for carrying out a range of...