OECD’s Ahelo project could transform university hierarchy
The UK must decide by 31 May whether to take the next step in a project aiming to measure learning outcomes at a global level
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State-backed master’s loans: is an ‘own goal’ looming?
Sector figures say postgraduate funding plan for England could fuel inflation in tuition fees as well as credentials
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Why maintenance matters more than tuition fees
Support for living costs is vital to participation, but grants that help to provide it are under threat, say Nick Hillman and Nicholas Robinson
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REF tactics: can you win by fielding the whole team?
Universities, and especially the research elite, faced a choice between aiming for highest quality scores and the greatest number of staff submitted
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How to improve British politics
Academics discuss what might be done to improve trust, reduce cynicism and get young people to vote
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Robert Pritchard, 1930-2015
An eminent geneticist who ran the department where DNA fingerprinting was discovered has died
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Q&A with Noel Fitzpatrick
We speak to the star of Channel 4’s The Supervet and clinical chair and chief surgeon at Fitzpatrick Referrals
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World in brief – 7 May 2015
Source: AlamyUnited StatesNo funding, no findingsA report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has highlighted some of the opportunities for scientific research missed by US organisations,...
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Germany’s no-holds-barred title race
The desire to have and to flaunt academic credentials can lead to questionable behaviour from individuals and universities both, says Brian Bloch
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News in brief – 7 May 2015
Times Higher Education AwardsSubmit your entries by 24 June 2015Entries are now being welcomed from universities across the UK for the 11th Times Higher Education Awards. Institutions, departments...
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Grant winners – 7 May 2015
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsHumanitiesAward winner: Chris GosdenInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £223,595European Celtic art in context: exploring Celtic art and its Eastern...
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The great don deficit
Laurie Taylor's weekly bulletin from the University of Poppleton
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The week in higher education – 7 May 2015
Higher education returned to the general election campaign in the final days before voting. Labour’s promise to cut tuition fees to £6,000 was not one of the promises etched in the party’s 8ft-high “...
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Which way will we go?
Change happens only when people genuinely participate – but is the enthusiasm there for a structural shift in education?
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