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United StatesWe can't all be Frank Lloyd WrightStudents in architecture and the arts are among the most likely to struggle to find work after graduating, according to a US study. Unemployment among...
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English 'experiment' may need the luck of the Irish to succeed
The coalition's university reforms seem ill-conceived to Ireland's funding chief. Matthew Reisz reports
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTMajor Research Fellowships• Award winner: Berys Gaut• Institution: University of St Andrews• Value: £93,421The philosophy of creativity• Award winner: Robert Gildea• Institution:...
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Protect the premium
Les Ebdon tells the government to keep its hands off the widening participation funding - it's too important to lose
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V-cs, it might be time for us to have a talk about a pay review
Accounts show Russell Group rises as politicians focus on executive salaries. John Morgan reports
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Branch campuses spread East to meet Asian demand
The number of overseas branch campuses set up by universities has reached 200 with another 37 planned, as activity shifts from the Gulf region to Asia.
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Gender segregation could lead to better results, psychologist claims
Segregating male and female students could lead to better results for both sexes, a psychologist at Manchester Business School has claimed.
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Lancaster looks to Lead business and grow its own
A university is launching a training scheme for leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises on the open market after running over 1,000 heavily subsidised courses.
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US for-profits leave students worse off
'Agile predators' deliver increased debt and lower pay, Harvard study suggests. Simon Baker reports
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Did the academy's USP go AWOL when it started chasing money?
An overly biddable sector may have succeeded in making itself redundant, Matthew Reisz hears
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In hungry times, post-92s grow keen on Lean
Teaching-led universities have been more open than research-intensive institutions to adopting a Japanese manufacturing technique designed to cut out "wasteful" inefficiency as they face a tougher...
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Willetts cooks up 'half-baked' plan for science institutions
Clarification needed on how any of the proposed consortia partners would benefit. Paul Jump writes
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Visitors deserve the best
Anti-immigration policies, an Indian student's murder - the UK government needs to forge better foreign links, urges Keith Vaz
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Technology and innovation at the core of the Big Apple
The legacies from the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank in 2008 include years of turmoil on Wall Street and a nosedive for the Western world's economies.Now add to the list a science...
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Tatsumi
Davina Quinlivan is drawn into a film that celebrates one of Japan's most gifted manga artists and the anime genre