Willetts set to widen pool of degree-awarding bodies
Government plans to open up degree-awarding powers to organisations that do not teach have been described as "revolutionary".
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Cushioning the impact (slightly)
Mixed response from sector as 20 per cent figure for first REF is announced. Paul Jump reports
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Reforms may turn scholars into academic 'lap dancers'
Funding cuts blamed for endangering democratic freedom of the humanities. Matthew Reisz reports
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Bumper crop of fellowships in time of famine
The University of Oxford's humanities division is offering eight postdoctoral fellowships in an effort to shield early-career researchers from excessive teaching loads and support them through "the...
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‘App generation’ offered access to key student data
Southampton site to reveal comprehensive figures on courses and campus. Rebecca Attwood reports
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'Suspect' Offa letter threatens sector's freedom
Two experts on higher education law have warned that ministers' latest guidance to the access watchdog treads dangerously closely to interfering in a key area of academic freedom.
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Treasured maps
This historic atlas is one of 30 that will be included in a digitisation project at the University of Bristol. Several hundred rare images documenting everything from human anatomy to a CIA record of...
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Middle East taps a well of research in STEM fields
Region's share of global papers doubles, but quality is still a concern. Paul Jump reports
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Could Japanese hospital doctors offer a remedy to student place dilemma?
Ministers still scratching their heads over how to release individual English universities from controls on student numbers while keeping a lid on the cost to the taxpayer have been urged to look at...
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National strike action on cards as ex-president critiques UCU
Review raises fresh concerns about Left influence in union, John Morgan writes
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'UK doesn't want us, let's go elsewhere'
Visa proposals are already discouraging foreign applicants, expert warns. Sarah Cunnane reports
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EPSRC: mutual benefits undermined by war of all against all for funding
Council chief sings praises of collaboration and calls for formulaic support, writes Paul Jump
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News in Brief
Sexual harassment'Fruitbatgate' sanctions reducedAn academic who was found guilty of sexual harassment by University College Cork after showing a female colleague a research paper on oral sex among...
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Easy as ABC? Too late now
Data for applicants? The sector should have taken a leaf out of the newspaper publishing book, Philip Cowan laments
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D'oh! State of anxiety as coalition realises fees sums don't add up
Universities' intention to charge £9,000 fees has undermined the government's plans. Bahram Bekhradnia considers its options