Graduate employment returns to 2007-08 levels
Around two-thirds of graduates finishing university last year found jobs within six months of leaving, a slight improvement on the year before.
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Researcher guilty of misconduct no longer working at UEL
The University of East London has parted company with a researcher following revelations that he was found guilty of research misconduct at two previous universities.
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Elite institutions that will compete for most AAB students revealed
Seventeen English universities face having to win back at least 1,000 full-time undergraduate places as a result of the government’s proposals to create competition for top-achieving students in 2012...
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Knowledge is not enough...
...lecturers must be able to impart what they know. Craig Mahoney, head of the HEA, believes training can make any academic a more effective and inspired teacher
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Exhumed tombs and legendary tales of doom
Treasury wonks may disagree, but Roger Luckhurst argues that his AHRC-backed study of superstition is not a waste of public money. The fears of the past inform the politics of the present, the mummy'...
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Hot papers in astronomy and astrophysics
Hot papers in astronomy and astrophysicsData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 2009-11 %3Cb%3EPaper%3C/b%3E %3Cbr /%3EAuthor(s), journalCitations1%3Cb%3EThe Seventh...
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Watchdog bites down on HE in FE information
Report highlights required changes to prospectus and online statements. David Matthews reports
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Snap judgement: poor kids need mentors, not 'photo-op outreach'
Aimhigher boss calls for university commitment as programme nears end. Jack Grove reports
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Re-engage: Stuart's decree for visionless sector
Universities must re-engage with society about their role in 21st-century Britain as the government's White Paper has failed to visualise the future of higher education, a vice-chancellor has said.
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News in brief
ChinaVicious circle of debtChinese universities racked up debts totalling about £25 billion between 1999 and 2010, according to a senior official. Liu Liyun, deputy director of the research institute...
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILFellowship awards• Award winner: Stewart Field• Institution: Cardiff University• Value: £40,360Making sense of youth justice: a comparative study of Italy and...
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Liberal thinking
Simon Marginson on an Australian seminar that considered the local implications of the 'English experiment' with humanities funding
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Will Treasury coffers trump student pockets?
Offa data raise fears that universities offering access bursaries will suffer, writes Simon Baker
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Hefce chief sees opportunity, not a crisis, in wake of White Paper changes
The idea that universities are about to be plunged into crisis by the decision to open up one in four full-time undergraduate places to full competition is "daft", according to the head of the...
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ERC must ditch ménage à trois for new 'friends'
The European Research Council should be reorganised and given more autonomy to end the sense of a "ménage à trois" involving its governing and executive branches and the European Commission.That is...