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RussiaThere and back againThe Russian government may fund students to attend leading foreign universities, as long as they return home to work. If the programme is given the go-ahead, the state will...
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Game on as 'top X' plans fail to hit diversity spot
US policies that guarantee top-performing school pupils a place at university in order to increase racial diversity on campus have failed because middle-class white families "game" the system by...
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Sector shuts out external consultants in era of austerity
But cutbacks at a minority of institutions may mask overall spending increase. David Matthews reports
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No shortage of managers but academics bemoan a 'leadership lacuna'
When lecturers are asked who they look to for academic leadership, they cite colleagues and even dead people - but not their own managers.That is one possible message to be drawn from research by the...
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Squeeze me - I like it!
Our vice-chancellor has responded vigorously to news that Poppleton has become England's most "squeezed middle university".He told a hastily convened press conference in the atrium of the Human...
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Chris Wilkinson, 1940-2012
One of the most highly cited engineers in Scotland, Chris Wilkinson was an internationally recognised figure in the field of nanotechnology and on first-name terms with leading figures in research...
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A little less égalité, a little more income, please
With public finances stretched, the French think the unthinkable on fees. Clea Caulcutt reports
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Appointments
Courtauld Institute of ArtTom NicksonA specialist in medieval architecture is to return to an institution he studied at in a teaching capacity. Tom Nickson, who is currently lecturer in the...
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Campus round-up
Brunel UniversityKhan-do attitudeA university business school is running an Easter "boot camp" to attract sixth-formers predicted to get at least AAB at A level. The three-day residential event at...
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The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned
By foregrounding naked ambition, this exhibition allows some more nuanced shadings to fade away, finds Jordan Vibert
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Research intelligence - Juggling act earns EPSRC mixed reviews
'Shaping capability' resulted in few changes but doubts linger about its agenda, Paul Jump writes
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From Where I Sit - Classified information
Higher education in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) is undergoing a period of rapid change and growth, which began well before the so-called Arab Spring. Student enrolment across the region...
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The week in higher education
• The 1994 Group was dealt a blow last month when four member universities - Durham, Exeter, York and Queen Mary, University of London - announced that they were ditching the network of "small but...