Appointments
University of BathMichael FinusAn "idealist" who joined the academy to make a difference on global issues has been appointed professor of environmental economics at the University of Bath. Michael...
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Campus round-up
University of KentDoctoral study of crime paysA university has received almost 80 applications for a three-year doctoral programme in cultural and global criminology, which is being supported by...
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Michael Frayn Season at Sheffield Theatres
Michael Frayn’s plays are as relevant now as they were when they were first written, says John Bull
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Research intelligence - Old hand aims to guide Nerc ship to shore
Chief executive tells Paul Jump how he plans to keep council afloat amid choppy financial waters
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From where I sit - Culture shock
Sciences Po, the Paris-based social sciences institute, is an anomaly in French higher education because it selects its undergraduates on entry - unlike public universities, which take all comers. To...
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The week in higher education
• Rick Santorum has again denounced US universities as secular "indoctrination mills" as the race for the Republican presidential nomination continues. In an hour-long interview with GBTV's Glenn...
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Playing to win at Latin tag
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is only fleetingly charmed by traditional shout-lines
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1 March 2012
Myths and monsters - Mapping the terra incognita of the UK’s private sphere
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Leader: Journey into the unknown
At the South Pole, David Willetts will have seen blank expanses that are better known than the private sector he wants to grow
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Odds and quads
This sculpture by Francis May Favata depicting a child being lifted from the rubble after a bombing stands on the campus of the University of Plymouth, marking the site of one of the UK's worst...
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Settlement boost for PhD-level students
The Home Secretary has exempted PhD-level jobs from a new pay threshold preventing lower-paid workers from settling in the UK.
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'Little evidence' that wider access succeeds on underprivileged, researchers claim
The expansion of higher education over the past 15 years has largely benefited middle-class rather than working-class children, a study has suggested.
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UUK renews appeal to government on student visas
Nearly two thirds of people underestimate the value of international students to the UK economy, a new poll has found.