International perspective: a British student in Spain
Even as a fluent Spanish speaker, blogger Lili Bidwell says going abroad to Spain as an Erasmus student from the UK was pretty daunting
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Oxbridge beats Eton if you want to be in the ‘elite’ (but both is best)
The most effective institutions in ‘oiling elite trajectories’ are now universities, not schools, find Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves
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Industrial Strategy Commission: it is time to address UK’s major regional inequalities
Commission’s final report calls for an Office for Strategic Economic Management to ensure sound regional economic policy, writes Andy Westwood
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One-size-fits-all quality system ‘forces private colleges to lie’
Senior QAA reviewer claims it is unfair to compare alternative providers to universities when they charge different fees
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From Syrian opposition leader to master’s student in Canada
Noura Al-Jizawi hopes her experience at the University of Toronto will help her to transform her homeland into a democracy
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Stirling quiet on professor’s ‘Russia links’ to Trump campaign
Fellow at Scottish university at centre of investigation over presidential adviser’s alleged collusion with Russian authorities
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European backlash over 'sugar daddy' campus adverts
Paris and Brussels are now taking legal action against sites critics accuse of 'pimping'
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How to make sure your lectures aren’t too anti-Brexit
Rob Johns offers advice on making sure your teaching is not all pro-remain, in the wake of the Heaton-Harris letter
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Mexico university blames structural failings for fatal bridge collapse
Five people were killed at Monterrey Institute of Technology during 7.1 magnitude earthquake in September
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Betsy DeVos ‘bad for US higher education’, say university leaders
Campus protests promoted by controversial speakers also viewed as very negative but relatively low impact, survey finds
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Nightmare student feedback: ‘I can’t remember who the teacher was’
Kingsley Purdam on the relentless need to gather feedback – and why the results of doing so are not always of much value
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Turkey's 'academics for peace' face fresh charges
Scholars charged with terrorism offences almost two years after signing anti-war petition
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German academics step down from posts on Elsevier journals
High price of journals 'placing strain on acceptance' of division of labour between researchers and publishers, says professor
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Most haunted universities in the world
Historic hauntings, bloodthirsty screams, the smell of burning human flesh...are you brave enough to visit some of these haunted universities?