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Simon Baker asks if a unified department would mean more institutions open free schools

Simon Baker asks if a unified department would mean more institutions open free schools

Report calls for sandwich courses and subsidised work experience. David Matthews writes
State-backed student loans 'irrelevant' to size of leaders' pay, for-profit says. John Morgan reports
The University of Oxford has received a multi-million-pound gift for postgraduate humanities study aimed at the world's most promising scholars amid concern that public funding cuts could make such...
Social prejudice is driving "reactionary" press attacks on post-1992 universities, the president of Universities UK has argued.

Vitae uncovers gap between PhD students' career aspirations and destinations. Paul Jump writes
Recent Home Office concessions over immigration rules have not eliminated the threat posed to the UK's research base, according to a senior official at the Department for Business, Innovation and...
The UK's higher education system must become "less precious" and emulate the "messier" half of the US model if it wants to succeed, a leading scholar has argued in an analysis of the policy errors...

Universities offer essential access to Asian market, Dearing conference hears. Jack Grove reports
Libya's rulers forgive and forget UK links with despot. David Matthews reports from Morocco
Working conditions9 to 5? Don't think soTeachers and lecturers are more likely to work unpaid overtime than workers in any other occupation, according to union figures. The data, released by the...
Germany's elite programme has some Länder up in arms. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports
Uclan's new overseas campuses are a bold but carefully planned part of its expansion, maintains Malcolm McVicar

David Willetts defends the government's higher education policies against Stefan Collini's accusations of reductionist consumerism
Universities must embrace diversity to better serve the needs of the nation and local communities, argues Eric Thomas