Bigger bursaries are not better at attracting poor
Offa chief suggests cash should go to outreach in schools instead, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Union draws ire for its decision to hold fire
The leadership of the University and College Union is under fire from the Left of the organisation amid accusations that its retreat from a national strike ballot is a "debacle" that demolishes any...
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Global Impact: Revamped rankings cause elation and consternation
Delight in US, gloom in Europe and scratching of heads in Australia. Phil Baty assesses reactions
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Fair access is beyond price
Big bursaries are not enticing the poor into elite institutions; targeted outreach may be an answer, says Sir Martin Harris
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This is no time to cut the strings of Britain's economic parachute
University research generates ideas and keeps the country competitive - so we must protect its funding, argues Paul Wellings
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Daytime TV: A class apart
The politics of the North-South divide gave material for many gritty novels of the 1960s, says Gary Day
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Nobel Prize Predictions, 2002-10
Nobel Prize Predictions, 2002-10Data provided by Thomson Reuters Research Services Group, 2002-10YearMedicineChemistryPhysicsEconomics2010D. L. Coleman, J. M. Friedman (leptin) %3Cbr /%3EE. A....
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Spiritual accommodation - Is there a place for the faithful in the academy?
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Talking about a revolution: Cable wants to tear down walls between higher and further education
The “artificial” barriers between universities and further education should be swept away in a bid to a create a “revolution” in post-16 education and training, Vince Cable has told the Liberal...
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How to get students through their PhD thesis
Tara Brabazon shares her 10-step regime for steering emotionally drained postgraduate students through the final stages of their thesis
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Science funding cuts will devastate economy, warns Brian Cox
One of Britain’s best-known physicists has attacked government plans to severely cut the science budget as “ludicrous”, warning of a devastating impact on the UK economy.
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Inside Higher Ed: A Truly Bookless Library
By Steve Kolowich for Inside Higher Ed
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End of tuition fees is near, says Hughes
A coalition government agreement to abolish tuition fees in England and replace them with a system closer to a graduate tax is near and simply needs edging “over the line”, Simon Hughes, the Liberal...
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Major donation funds new school for ‘leaders of tomorrow’
Europe’s first major academic school of government, which opens today at the University of Oxford, has been bankrolled by one of the largest philanthropic gifts received by the institution in its 900...
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Close to the bone: Irish funding cuts spell crisis for sector
After two years of staff losses further reductions will hurt quality, universities warn. Hannah Fearn writes