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Polish excellence initiative aims to close gap to European elite
Critics fear initiative could widen social inequalities
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THE Awards 2019: winners announced
Strathclyde named University of the Year as Loughborough takes home trio of titles
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Junior academics feel management ‘have pulled the ladder up’
Precarious contracts ‘damage’ universities’ teaching and reputation, panel says
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Universities must do more to support care experienced students
Natasha McAllister found the university application process unclear for care experienced students and calls for better clarity on funding and forms
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Fee cut ‘catastrophic’ for English universities, warn v-cs
Sector leaders say Augar-inspired cut to tuition fees in England would damage sector
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Becoming Beauvoir: A Life, by Kate Kirkpatrick
Catherine Rottenberg is inspired by a major new study of the great French feminist
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Human Forms: The Novel in the Age of Evolution, by Ian Duncan
Gail Marshall applauds an intriguing study of the relations between Charles Darwin, George Eliot and Charles Dickens
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Should Robots Replace Teachers?, by Neil Selwyn
David Longman urges us to pay closer attention to the changes educational technology is bringing down the line
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Find Your Path: Unconventional Lessons from 36 Leading Scientists and Engineers, by Daniel Goodman
Richard Joyner enjoys a striking collection of testimonies that should help students settle on a suitable career path
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Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies, by Amanda Anderson, Rita Felski and Toril Moi
Book of the week: Robert Eaglestone is fascinated by a bold attempt to break down the barriers between literary critics and ‘ordinary readers’
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Pension ‘oddity’ means ‘exceptionally large’ university deficits
Newcastle posts £44 million deficit after one-off USS charge, but sector’s results expected to rebound next year
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Grants for Hong Kong universities on hold after campus protests
Administrator ‘shocked’ that school was being used as ‘scapegoat’ during political turmoil
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What are you reading? – 28 November 2019
Our fortnightly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Governments need to think carefully about eliminating tuition fees
The Labour Party in the UK, like the Democrats in the US, hopes to be elected on a policy of abolishing student fees. Roger Smyth draws on the experience of New Zealand to challenge the rationale for...