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Universities may require English diploma Universities will require teenagers to hold an English baccalaureate at advanced level before they can be considered for a place under proposals to be...
Universities may require English diploma Universities will require teenagers to hold an English baccalaureate at advanced level before they can be considered for a place under proposals to be...
Plans for an international database that will help to eliminate attempts to claim a "degree" from a mythical university are at an advanced stage. The database will enable people to check a particular...
People working in higher education will never like league tables. Nor will teachers, policemen or doctors. Any broad-brush rankings contain sufficient anomalies for professionals to argue that fair...
Grade inflation makes no difference to the outside world, but academics need to believe in the absoluteness of the A Among the hazards of teaching in an American university are the negotiations over...
The Northwest is the first English region to launch its own science strategy dedicated to regenerating and encouraging science. "England's Northwest - a strategy towards 2020", launched by the...
The Long March
Fortune's Daughters
As Feminist Review publishes its 25th anniversary issue, Anna Fazackerley looks back over its fulfilling, dedicated and turbulent past and talks to members of the collective about politics, race,...
Charles Tripp is a key figure in the study of the Middle East. He was called to No 10 before the invasion of Iraq but, he tells Michael North, Tony Blair has not asked him back. Charles Tripp’s...
Marketisation has energised US higher education but it has its downsides, says David Kirp The bogeyman of "marketisation" haunts the rancorous debate over the higher education bill. Viewed from...
Three clones and a bit of culinary chemistry gave a kick to last year's AAAS conference - as did the 3,300 parents and children who turned up. Stephen Phillips reports on a unique gathering They say...
Britain's Nobel wins mask its fall as a scientific power - and only more cash can reverse that, says Peter Lampl It's been a great year for Britons as far as Nobel prizes are concerned. This is the...
Britain's Nobel wins mask its fall as a scientific power - and only more cash can reverse that, says Peter Lampl It's been a great year for Britons as far as Nobel prizes are concerned. This is the...
Consultation reveals university research fears Deep fears about the effects of restricting research to fewer universities have surfaced in many of the responses to the government's white paper in the...
Racism is forcing black academics to leave South Africa's universities, thwarting efforts to make campuses more diverse and representative, a report says. Nearly a decade after the end of apartheid,...