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In the global academy, India's strengths may prove to be weaknesses
The Foreign Education Providers Bill is vital for the country's future, but the democratic process could limit its benefits, says Peter Brady
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Inflationary times: The changing profile of journal-publishing statistics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its SCI Science Citation Index 2009 guide and list of source publications, 2010
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The Week in Higher Education
The man with the future of UK higher education in his hands has also been enlisted to inject a business culture into the heart of government. Lord Browne, the former head of BP, will help appoint...
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REF postponed while Willetts waits for impact 'consensus'
Minister yet to be convinced by measure as Labour attacks coalition cuts. Simon Baker reports
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Mass destabilisation: mission groups detail dangers of cash following policy objectives
Withdrawing funding from courses that do not meet government policy objectives would be "dangerous" and could destabilise institutions, universities have warned.The Higher Education Funding Council...
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MPs plan grilling for Cable and 'Two Brains'
David Willetts, the Universities and science minister, and Vince Cable, the business secretary, are likely to face their first public grilling by MPs over their plans for the higher education sector...
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Harvard's head says academy needs the best of both worlds
The president of Harvard University has warned that harsh austerity measures imposed in response to the global recession are putting the future of higher education in peril.In a lecture at the Royal...
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Questions over King's once and future chair
Axeing of palaeography post to be followed by creation of new role in 2012. John Morgan writes
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Hefce redrafts memorandum as sector protests
Proposals that were feared would give funding chiefs the power to oust vice-chancellors from office have been redrafted following strong opposition from the academy.The Higher Education Funding...
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Truth in numbers: study pinpoints 'critical mass' for research success
Academics' interaction is key to quality, but funding need not be limited to elites. Paul Jump reports
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A lesson from history: PhDs thrive in large groups
An economist's research into the Nazi regime's dismissals of Jewish mathematics professors in the 1930s has led him to conclude that in PhD supervision, big is beautiful.Between 1933 and 1934, about...
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Chase out the old dogs to make way for young blood
Conference debates how best to help early career researchers to thrive. Paul Jump reports
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The expanding universe of scientific authorship
The average number of authors on scientific papers has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past 20 years, new figures show.The statistics, produced by Thomson Reuters, show that the papers...