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University of ExeterTrading placesA student and senior administrator saw what life was like on the other side of the fence as part of a two-day shadowing scheme. Imogen Sanders, a third-year English...
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The week in higher education
• Everybody enjoys a good old-fashioned academic spat, and Geoffrey Hill, professor of poetry at the University of Oxford, has obliged by picking a fight with the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy....
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Stake recipe
John Lewis’ values: a palatable hit for a divided sector, argues Sally Feldman
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9 February 2012
Smoke out the bad books - A six-point cipher to crack the baloney code
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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MPs reject Les Ebdon's selection as Offa director
A political row over the next director of fair access has been sparked after Tory MPs on the Business, Innovation and Skills select committee rejected the selection of Les Ebdon as preferred...
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Political wrangling as Offa appointment hangs in balance
Ministers could still have the final say on whether Les Ebdon is appointed as the next director of fair access, even though it looks likely that a committee of MPs has voted against his appointment.
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BIS Committee may have blocked Les Ebdon from Offa job
Speculation is rife that the government’s preferred candidate for the post of director of fair access – Les Ebdon – has been blocked from the role by Conservative MPs after a delay in the...
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College of Law sale enters crucial stage
The potential takeover of a private higher education college with degree-awarding powers has entered a crucial stage, with education giant Pearson reportedly the front-runner to secure the deal.
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Inside Higher Ed: Well endowed
By Mitch Smith, for Inside Higher Ed
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Postgraduate education to be addressed by independent commission
An independent inquiry has been launched to investigate postgraduate education.
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Essex names new vice-chancellor
The University of Essex has appointed a senior manager at Durham University as its new vice-chancellor.
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FE colleges to win over half of ‘core and margin’ places
Further education colleges are set to receive more student places from the price-based “margin” than universities after the initial allocations were revealed by the government.
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Ebdon: 'I would not rule out the nuclear option as Offa head'
Les Ebdon has used his first appearance before MPs as the government’s preferred choice for the post of director of fair access to lay down the gauntlet to highly-selective universities with “patchy...
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Immigration minister wants more scrutiny of ‘value’ of foreign students
Expanding the number of international students in the UK is not necessarily a good thing, immigration minister Damian Green has suggested.