Ministers with HE backgrounds ‘improve research performance’
Universities ministers with academy experience boost nations’ standings, research finds
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Are your alumni promoters?
Some of the factors that turn your alumni into marketing assets are not as obvious as you might think, says Holger Bollmann
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Liverpool v-c calls for funding link to improve gender balance
Janet Beer says radical action is needed to increase the number of women working at higher levels in universities
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Is the NUS right to discourage clapping?
Is the National Union of Students too concerned with discrimination and political correctness or is it right to ignore its critics, asks Jack Grove
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EU referendum: University of Oxford backs membership of union
University issues public statement of support for UK being part of the EU, citing research and mobility benefits
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BIS job cuts plan would hit research councils and Offa
Leaked plan drawn up under Sajid Javid details impact on key sector bodies
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International students ‘gain less’ from internships
Paper finds that UK sandwich course students ‘outshine’ their overseas counterparts in the final year of university
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NUS ‘braced for attacks’ after Bouattia election
Vice-president Sorana Vieru says the NUS is ready for further criticism after Prevent critic Malia Bouattia was voted in as president
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Millennial students worry about the gender gap and career uncertainty
A survey of students in the UK and Ireland reveals students’ concerns about the impact of their gender on career prospects and shows there is general confusion about work opportunities.
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Bard news: have we reached 'peak Shakespeare'?
Matthew Reisz considers why we are still talking obsessively about the playwright 400 years after he shuffled off this mortal coil
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Destabilising the teaching excellence framework
Rima Amin considers the challenges for students’ union officers in the light of the NUS vote to boycott the National Student Survey
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World insight: one size can't fit all for indigenous communities
David Lloyd finds that a journey into the Australian outback proves instructive
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11 most common opening lines in Ucas personal statements
Thousands of applicants used exactly the same phrases to open their Ucas personal statement in 2015.
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Africa ranking 2016: top universities for students
Student insights on the best universities in Africa, with a snapshot ranking of the region.
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IB and BTEC ‘overvalued’ in Ucas tariff, study finds
Cambridge Assessment researcher says points system should be redrawn to reflect students’ achievement at university