Overseas briefing
Vietnam$400m plan to climb rankingsIn a bid to climb the world university rankings, the Vietnamese Government has agreed in principle to spend $400 million (£268 million) on four new universities....
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Vouchers for students at heart of call for reforms
Australian plan would see cash follow learners in a bid to boost participation, writes John Gill
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That was the year that was
What were the high points of 2008 for academic leaders and politicians? Inventive use of courgettes, 'coming out' as a Brummie and Robert Plant were among the more unusual. But Obamamania, career...
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Hang on for a bumpy 2009 - the year of living dangerously
What do key players in higher education predict for the coming months? Most find cause for optimism amid the gloom
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Grant winners
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILThe EPSRC has announced more than £21 million in funding under its "Challenging Engineering" initiative, which aims to encourage engineering...
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Data capture
Drawing on four decades in computing, Sir Timothy O'Shea is intent on ensuring that Jisc keeps serving the whole sector
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Appointments
A professor of international law at the University of Leeds has been appointed to a key nature-conservation post in his native Nepal. Surya Subedi has been named a governor of the National Trust for...
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The academic ringmaster strikes a very fine balance
A Sheffield professor's fairground past helps her draw crowds to her research, writes Olga Wojtas
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A culture of excellence
It is not only academics who are snapped up by rival employers, but Jon Baldwin says strong organisations survive
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Choose your yardstick: does anyone know what the RAE really means?
Jonathan Adams says that even close scrutiny of the intriguing 2008 data gives no firm answers about who's better and who's best
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Daytime TV: A baker's dozen
Gary Day on the Time Lord's festive caper, Wallace and Gromit's latest escapade and the Nativity
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Top institutions in agricultural sciences based on impact
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998-31 August 2008
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New Year Honours 2009
Knights BachelorTimothy Robert Peter Brighouse. For services to education. (Oxford, Oxfordshire)David Nicholas Cannadine. Formerly Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother professor, Institute of Historical...
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Bucking the system
The UK's only private university is led by an outspoken iconoclast, does not take part in the RAE and is home to 'internal exiles', mavericks and unabashed traditionalists. Matthew Reisz reports