UK reliance on overseas students an ‘uncomfortable reality’
Vice-chancellors warn that UK government immigration policy is behind fall in international recruitment by having ‘negative impact on perceptions’
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UK universities are not a problem to be smashed with a hammer
Jeopardising local universities with rhetoric about rip-off degrees is the last thing the UK needs. A new funding settlement is vital, says Martin Jones
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International diversity ‘declining on UK campuses’
Commission led by former universities minister calls for ‘internationalisation at home’ to be a central part of the UK’s next higher education strategy
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The UK plc roadshow
Shadowing the speed-dating expats who recruit for British universities, Caroline Knowles finds that their hypermobile lives parallel those of the students they pursue
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From today's UK papers
Carey only second double Booker The Australian-born novelist Peter Carey won the £21,000 Booker Prize, fiction's most prestigious award, for the second time last night. His tale of Australian outlaw...
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FINANCIAL TIMES Fiona Harvey looks at how the power of silicon chips has accelerated advances in biology from genetics to the workings of human organs. Mark Turner writes that a host of African crops...
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Government sponsors 'brain gain' The government has unveiled a £20 million scheme to retain the United Kingdom’s best science talent. Awards will be made directly to scientists, boosting...
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From today's UK papers
Guardian The resignation of John Randall, chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, has been greeted with glee by universities Independent Aaron Hertzmann, of New York University, has...
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UK science 'unsustainable'
The Cross Cutting Review of Science and Research published this week describes the research funding situation in UK universities as "unsustainable in the medium to long term". It also warns that any...
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Quicker work permits for overseas students Overseas students who graduate in the United Kingdom will be able to apply for a work permit without leaving the country. This is one of the measures to be...
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FINANCIAL TIMES As global demand for higher education rises, universities are offering tuition via the internet. In doing so, they may be risking their reputations. DAILY TELEGRAPH Beautiful women go...
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Force is with Skywalker Blair, not Tigger Hague Students associate prime minister Tony Blair with goody-two-shoes Star Wars character Luke Skywalker and Ann Widdecombe with puppet moggy Bagpuss, a...
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Small rise in applications A slight recovery in applicants to universities and colleges was announced today. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service recorded a 1.1 per cent rise in...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Instituto de Empresa in Madrid is launching an international executive MBA with an online component The American business school accreditation body has integrated its global arm into...