Maintenance grants only for priority courses ‘deeply concerning’
Using financial incentives to influence student choice risk undermining Labour’s widening access goals, critics fear
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Is Australia’s latest research review a threat to university autonomy?
The panel’s overriding concern is to ensure that research is used productively. But observers worry that pushing universities to specialise in centrally determined ‘focus areas’ risks inadvertently...
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Good mentoring can break down class barriers – and I should know
An open approach to knowledge and a kind, enabling manner help students go their own way but never feel alone, says Andrew Chadwick
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‘Altruistic’ ResearchPlus to ‘work for greater good’
Coming together of 10 research-led universities not a ‘self-serving’ mission group, say vice-chancellors
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Sullivan Review author shortlisted for Maddox Prize
UCL professor Alice Sullivan, who led review into how biological sex is captured in data collection, is vying for Nature-led award
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EU ‘can’t compete’ after basic research funding ‘disaster’
Commission confirmation that €400 billion competitiveness budget will not fund research and innovation sparks outcry
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Smith promises ‘clear direction’ after splitting skills role
Move into DWP opens up opportunities for ‘tailored learning’, says minister, as some express unease over disjointed approach
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Starmer: 50 per cent university target ‘not right for our times’
Prime minister scraps Tony Blair’s long-held target to get half of young people into higher education, instead aiming for two-thirds accessing university or apprenticeships
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Academic freedom defence not helping in ‘war on tenure’
Long-term employment contract better explained as form of worker protection, says author of new book
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‘Ultra-volatile’ enrolments cause ‘turbulence’ in student housing
Developers fear ‘glory days’ of non-stop building over as some areas face over-supply problems while city centre overcrowding intensifies
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Policy uncertainty ‘leaves little choice’ about job cuts
Possibility of even slower visa processing ranks among the factors fuelling ‘pessimism’ about Australian university finances
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Information abundance only makes scholarly relevance more elusive
Academic life was a lot simpler in the humanities and social sciences when simply finding a document guaranteed originality, says Disha
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Universities victims of ‘relentless negativity campaign’
Sussex v-c says media attacks motivated by view that fewer people should obtain a degree