Oz visa strategy may leave UK out of position
Australia is to relax its visa rules for overseas students, increasing the competition faced by UK universities just as the coalition government tightens British regulations.
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Will's quill or not Will's quill...
...that is the question, but scholars are arguing over whether they should ask it. Matthew Reisz reports
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Labour's plan to cap tuition fees may be a 'graduate tax'
Top earners would 'overpay' under scheme vaunted at party's annual conference. Simon Baker reports
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Lancaster and Liverpool aim to strengthen global hand with 'federal structure' collaboration
Lancaster University and the University of Liverpool could unite to form a "federal structure" akin to the University of California as other research-intensive universities explore collaborations to...
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Scottish matchmaker earns scorn for proposal
The Scottish Funding Council has stressed that "no decisions have been taken" after it emerged that it had asked the University of Dundee and the University of Abertay Dundee to consider merging.
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Robust UK research climate cannot be taken for granted
Highly productive sector must be creative to keep up without new funds, study says. Paul Jump reports
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Academic life unfair, say women of a certain age
Women in their forties and early fifties are the least satisfied among principal investigators with the way they are treated by their universities, a survey has found.
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Exclusive elite fails to attract poorer students
Twenty-three higher education institutions failed to hit their targets for attracting students from poor families, new figures show.
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York St John's policing of standards worries QAA
Audit results in 'limited confidence' verdict and call for some external oversight. Jack Grove writes
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Doctor Who's defining dimension is loss
Despite its sci fi-action trappings, Doctor Who is tinged with sadness, says Will Brooker. When you travel the vortex, time is the only constant companion
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Diary
LiverpoolThe Resistible Rise of Arturo UiIn 1930s Chicago, small-time crime boss Arturo Ui and his men can provide protection - for workers, businesses and jobs. As the Great Depression hits the city...
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The Pick - Museum Show: Part 1
Recycled material: Museo Aero Solar set to soarMuseum Show: Part 1BristolMuseums have such power to determine what is important and what is not that many artists have been tempted to create mini-...
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Hello and goodbye
As usual at this time of the academic year, we are pleased to provide a transcript of our vice-chancellor's official speech of welcome to all our new students."I'm very pleased and indeed honoured to...
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The bigger, the better
Regarding "'Protected' MRC still sees fall in grant winners" (15 September): while slightly fewer grants proportionately were awarded by the Medical Research Council in 2010-11 than the previous year...
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Perishable premium
"Not such a superpower after all" (Leader, 15 September) had its pros and cons.The con was repeating the myth that the graduate premium persists with more graduates: the fact is that the comparator...