Leader: Freedom - but only over fees
Lord Browne's rhetoric is all about freeing universities, but his plans could result in 'a state-controlled and regulated industry'
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Spending on pure science 'needs to be protected'
Cern leader to tell engineers that advances come from fundamental research. Paul Jump reports
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Calculators at the ready
Browne's fee-for-all will challenge universities' price-fixing skills and applicants' mathematics, warns Helen Carasso
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The academy will excel only where it is free to challenge and criticise
Geoffrey Crossick says that short-term crisis should not be allowed to curtail Britain's ability to succeed in a changing environment
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Dream world politics
If only Tony Blair had understood class, we wouldn't be in this mess. Bring back the material realities of British life, says Mary Evans
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Top journals in Linguistics
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The Week in Higher Education
American students who study abroad are likely to increase or even double their intake of alcohol while they are away, according to a study. Europe's laissez-faire attitude to drink is well documented...
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Market, what market? V-cs set for race to the top on fees
Institutions will charge more than £8,000 to counter cuts, heads warn. Simon Baker reports
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Recruitment conundrum as A-level tariff threatens 'academic autonomy'
The imposition of a minimum entry standard for university would put the government in control of what is traditionally a key area of academic judgement and allow it to restrict student places, vice-...
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Take the hike? Lib Dems unsure
THE poll shows that most backbench respondents have yet to decide fees stance. Simon Baker writes
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The students' watchdog is not keen to quango
The student complaints body has expressed "disappointment" with Lord Browne's idea that it should be absorbed into a "super-quango".The Browne Review recommends that four bodies - the Higher...
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Regulator could act on failing universities
Higher Education Council could gain power to oust ineffective vice-chancellors, reports Simon Baker
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Focus on cuts undermines value of Browne's report, critics contend
Observers say inquiry 'wielded knife for Chancellor' and lacked broad input. John Morgan writes
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Around the world, we all have to 'stand up' to short-termism
The academy must call itself and politicians to a 'higher plane', NYU president tells Sarah Cunnane
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In research funding sweepstakes, Yorkshire beats London, Willetts says
It is often assumed that, as with most of the country's wealth, a disproportionate amount of research funding in England is funnelled to the South East.The assumption is incorrect, according to David...