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Oxbridge union for London
With seven first-class universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014-2015 concentrated in London, more than in any other city in the world, is it not the time for Oxbridge...
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A funny queasy feeling
Are those of us who savour the irony of a British professor’s feeling the need to write “in a personal capacity” about academic freedom (Thomas Docherty, “Jobsworths and squatters”, Books, 2 October...
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Taking PhD skills as read
We were interested to read “On the PhD quest, the first step is always an open book” (Careers intelligence, 2 October), emphasising the role of extensive reading in the establishment of an...
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Entrenched economics
The subject of economics appears to be stuck in a deep rut of rote learning, complex mathematical-based theory and squabbling over ideologies rather than devising good advice for business. So why,...
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Market gains
The report on the colloquium on the marketisation of higher education held at the University of West London to celebrate the work of Roger Brown, with notes on inputs from Joanna Williams and Patrick...
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Cyber-squawkers are go
Felipe Fernández-Armesto (“Careless talk costs you”, Opinion, 25 September) and Christopher Davidson (“Heard mentality: if you want to multiply your flock, use Twitter”, Opinion, 2 October) offer...
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An NHS for education may remedy UK ills
Danny Dorling presents a worrying portrait of growing economic inequality in the UK and argues that “schools and universities could be seen to be adapting to, and reinforcing”, this situation (“...
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The week in higher education - 9 October 2014
Stumped about how to enthuse the latest batch of grumpy, hungover 18-year-olds to grace your 9am Monday lecture? Don’t worry, help is at hand from the country’s top independent schools. School heads...
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Power to the purple
Source: AlamyChristine Hovis, our deputy head of corporate branding, has admitted to a “degree of professional jealousy” upon learning that Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan...
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Lower tuition fees would only benefit high earners, says Lib Dem MP
MP attacks Labour’s plan and urges his own party to spend spare public funds on bursaries
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Swansea University passes QAA review after upscaling quarrel
Positive feedback as agency makes recommendations after controversy over student grades at the School of Management
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Who accrues the study miles?
Physical sciences students from southwest England travel almost five times further to study than those originally from London who read education, according to data highlighted by the Higher Education...
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Welsh Assembly defends academic autonomy
New powers for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales are ‘disproportionate’, say Assembly members
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A lens on Greek tragedy, ancient and modern
OXI: An Act of Resistance, a documentary film made by Kingston University scholars, views austerity-era suffering through the lens of Sophocles