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Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
Dementia researchDouble down on UK expertiseOverall funding for dementia research will more than double to £66 million by 2015 to try to make the UK a world leader in the field. The announcement was...
Universities UK is lobbying the government to create a net migration count that excludes university students from abroad - with some billing it as the only way for the government to hit its target to...
Annual survey shows future low-cost institutions scoring well against the £9K set. Jack Grove writes
The University of Wales was brought down by validation, its money-making machine. David Matthews asks how that happened, how others might be stopped from putting cash before quality and whether the...
Russell Group's chair asked for heads-up on media bombshells. John Morgan writes
The A-level results are here again: cue the usual laments that exams are getting easier and the scramble for places is becoming ever more intense. But is any of it true? Jack Grove finds out
The University of Cumbria's vice-chancellor has left his job after less than a year, reportedly feeling that the post was "mis-sold" to him as he was not given full warning of the institution's dire...
More than 6 million young people are expected to enter the job market this summer after they graduate from university. Before many have even had an interview, they have been warned that the "hot"...
Internal scholars have little chance of filling senior posts, staff complain. John Morgan reports
John Ashworth's method of coping with massive cuts at Salford in the early 1980s will be a useful model for universities in the future
A masters student who posted a video on the web criticising Anglia Ruskin University has been suspended for "defamatory" remarks about the vice-chancellor.Naomi Sugai posted an 84-second video on...
As graduates struggle to find employment, universities are having to think more creatively about how to prepare them for the workplace, says Rebecca Attwood
Sustainability on campus is a vital issue, and in a climate of austerity it also makes financial sense. That fiscal impetus is good news, because as the Green League table shows, the sector still has...
London South Bank UniversityOlder students held backMature university candidates are disadvantaged by a poor understanding of the application process, according to research at London South Bank...