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Research monitoringData collection responsibilitiesA consultation has been launched on "Big Brother"-style plans to monitor the outcomes of work funded by Research Councils UK. Under the proposed...
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Sex for grades in Africa's academy
Sexual harassment 'normalised' in Ghana and Tanzania, research discovers. John Morgan writes
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Free speech within reason
Constantine Sandis is disturbed by a claim that academics have the right to say what they want at all times, in all places
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Polar funding policies are closing the gap between East and West
The downturn has prompted drastic university funding cuts in some nations, but increased investment in others, notes Simon Marginson
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Merging institutions involves much more than simply doing the maths
Michael Thorne is sceptical about media commentary that assumes that a wave of mergers and takeovers is the inevitable result of the recent funding cuts
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We must go the distance
To maintain the UK's position in distance learning, we have to focus on education, not technology, argues Helen Lentell
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Hot topics in science
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The week in higher education
Just as night follows day, charges of grade inflation followed the publication of the official statistics on the degrees awarded by universities last year. The figures, released by the Higher...
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Funding council seeks powers to eject vice-chancellors
'Assault' on university autonomy comes in wake of London Met crisis. Melanie Newman reports
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To sail ahead, staff should be in the same boat on pay
Exeter study identifies correlation between success and wage equality. Hannah Fearn reports
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Fears for UK research as postgraduate rise is largely a foreign affair
British universities are rapidly expanding the recruitment of overseas postgraduates who pay higher fees, but growth in the number of domestic postgraduates is far slower, a study has found.The...
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Government ideal 'kills off' scholarly ethos
The government-promoted ideal of "evidence-based education" has been rejected as an incoherent "political slogan" that distorts research in university education departments.Martyn Hammersley,...
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Technological gizmos to revolutionise study
Hannah Fearn reports on predictions of emerging technology that will improve teaching and learning
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As the good times rolled, a quarter of universities ended up in the red
PwC raises questions about how the academy will cope with cuts. Melanie Newman reports
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Double trouble: Cumbria's revised deficit figure is twice the original forecast
Senior managers at the University of Cumbria underestimated its deficit for last year by almost £4 million, Times Higher Education has learnt.The university board's strategy and resources committee...