Campus round-up
London School of EconomicsCredit line for post-crisis studyA hedge-fund manager has donated £2.5 million to fund new research and teaching on Europe's role in the post-financial crisis world. The...
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The Week in Higher Education
The life of the climate scientist has not been an easy one as the debate with global warming sceptics has grown ugly over the past year or two. Now, one climate scientist has gone on the attack,...
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Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey
Prospectus promises don’t always match reality, so how can young people get what they need to make an informed choice? As the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey reveals what...
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17 February 2011
Happy. Unhappy. Other. - How do students rate the quality of their undergraduate experience?
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Leader: Count the collateral damage
We must not let the high-stakes political game being played by ministers and v-cs overshadow the human toll change can exact
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Urania's lessons for Clio
Felipe Fernández-Armesto on the humanities' need for scientific insights
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Polyglots plot as Glasgow letter screams foul over axe
Academics close ranks to defend beleaguered foreign language study. Matthew Reisz reports
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Gifts that just stop giving? Donation fears when matched funding ends
Conference hears that scheme's imminent demise could arrest momentum. Hannah Fearn reports
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LSE gender studies gives lie to narrative of loss
Gender studies is often perceived as a discipline in decline, but rumours of its impending demise have been greatly exaggerated, according to Clare Hemmings, director of the Gender Institute at the...
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News in Brief
United StatesQuantity of mercyOne hundred academics at the University of California have signed a letter of protest over the treatment of Muslim students who disrupted a speech by Michael Oren, the...
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China's poor dig deep for academic glory
University education is now the big-ticket expenditure for rural families. John Morgan reports
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Grant Winners
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH• Award winner: Sharhad Taheri• Institution: Diabetes centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital• Value: £138,762Obesity in children: sleep patterns• Award winner: John Speakman•...
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Blogconfidential: Leaving it all behind
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Leaving it all behind
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Appointments
University of SalfordJulie BerryThe new university librarian at the University of Salford has pledged to use her role to help part-time students make the most of the resources available to them....
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Britain needs talentopolis
Universities have a key role to play in supporting and boosting the economy in areas hit by public sector cuts, claims Jonathan Wright