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Treasury pressure to minimise further growth in higher education and tailor it closely to national manpower needs is revealed in this week's leaked papers to a summer think-tank attended by education...
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Better by design: putting learning spaces to work
Olga Wojtas meets an environmental psychologist studying architecture's impact on academic life
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Pick'n'mix not so sweet
Many years ago, Frank Burnet fought for modularisation and credit transfer. The war was won, but victory was pyrrhic
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Fight or flight is the wrong response - there's no danger here
John Widdowson says universities and colleges should focus on the positives aspects of changes to foundation degree-awarding powers
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FE colleges plan low-cost degrees at bachelor level
Vocational university envisaged as a way to meet expansion targets. Melanie Newman reports
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Citation database accuracy queried
Web of Science's owner defends procedures after academic complains of errors, Zoe Corbyn writes
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The week in higher education
"He surfs, wears a pink hoodie and worships Arsenal," making him "the world's least likely maths professor", said The Guardian. Marcus du Sautoy is to succeed Richard Dawkins as the Simonyi professor...
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Teaching 'unsuited' to the third millennium
Personal relationships lost in modern university 'maelstrom', v-c warns. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Awards will celebrate 'incredible feats' of leadership and management
Achievements across the full range of skills to be recognised by new honours. Neha Popat reports
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'Come out of the woodwork now': MP's challenge to standards critics
Commons committee chair calls for evidence on 'dumbing down' as inquiry starts work. John Gill reports
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Overseas student dropout figures must be reported
Universities will have to report overseas students who fail to enrol or do not attend their courses from autumn 2009, immigration authorities have confirmed.A new points-based immigration system for...
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Tribunal experts fear attacks on integrity
Home Office accused of routinely denigrating academic expertise. Melanie Newman reports
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Forget the vision thing: academic input is key to international alliances
Report says day-to-day endeavours and staff links forge strong institutional bonds, writes John Gill
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Middlesex admits to 'significant' staff turnover on dubai campus in wake of claim that 18 have quit in three years
Working conditions at Middlesex University's Dubai campus are prompting academics to quit at a rate of one every six weeks, a former employee claims.Times Higher Education understands that 18...
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To get ahead, watch brows and britches
Etiquette guide for staff covers personal grooming, dress and fine dining, writes Melanie Newman