Yvette Cooper attacks net migration focus
The Labour Party has warned that the government’s drive to reduce net migration is choking off the flow of “legitimate university students” while ignoring abuse of the visitor visa route used by...
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Blunkett urges universities to stand up to government
Former education secretary David Blunkett has challenged universities to stand up to coalition ministers if they have concerns over government reforms.
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Blurring the lines between art and research
Matthew Reisz meets scholars whose enquiries are intertwined with their creative endeavours
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Leader - Elf and artistic safety
Artistic practice may count as research within the academy but it must be treated carefully if innovation is not to be stifled
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The week in higher education
A sideways look at the week’s big stories
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Tories’ new overseas message: come on in, but we warn you not to get ill
Plans by Conservative ministers to limit international students’ use of the NHS could further deter overseas applicants, the sector has warned.The move coincides with an analysis published this week...
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News in brief
Office for Fair AccessNine new faces in advisory dozenThe head of an Oxford college is one of nine new members of an advisory group on university access. Sir Ivor Crewe, master of University College...
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Campus round-up
Beat thatReanimated animal hearts and a series of musical pendulums originally developed for Icelandic singer Björk are among the exhibits at a university gallery in the Republic of Ireland. The...
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Fail to prepare, prepare to fail
Scholar says dislike of planning leads to poor choices by universities. David Matthews reports
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Odds and quads
These items come from a few of the nearly 10,000 boxes of archival material that have just been donated by the international development charity Oxfam to the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.
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Storm clouds gather over Australian largesse
Whoever wins Australia’s next election, a day of reckoning awaits over uncapped enrolments and student loans, say observers. Paul Jump reports
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Grant winners
National Institute for Health ResearchHealth Services and Delivery Research ProgrammeAward winner: Andrew JudgeInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £532,390Models of care for the delivery of...
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Eastern cinema reaches all points of the compass
Migration and the lessons of history inform a cinema with domestic and foreign appeal, Ewa Mazierska argues
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Great Britten
Yes, there is more worth saying about the great composer’s complex character, says Kate Kennedy