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The Mid Staffordshire scandal does not “loom over nursing education”, it looms over society (“The trials of service”, Features, 15 May) and to suggest otherwise blames people for their actions rather...
The Mid Staffordshire scandal does not “loom over nursing education”, it looms over society (“The trials of service”, Features, 15 May) and to suggest otherwise blames people for their actions rather...
The phenomenon that the anonymous senior university manager is describing when he refers to worries about the appointment of ambitious outsiders (“Rise of the replicants: management clones and shades...
Students are not, nor should they ever be considered, the employer of an instructor (“Repetitive strain”, Features, 15 May). That is the mentality of “for-profit” schools that are a shell of their...


Students at the University of Brighton are the most likely to score between the sheets, according to higher education’s most salacious – and least reliable – league table. Brighton undergraduates had...

The lure of the capital is irresistible to universities, but with the unique opportunities come unique challenges

Christine Hovis, our Deputy Head of Corporate Branding, has expressed her professional admiration for the latest branding initiatives being undertaken by the University of Essex.She told The...

A leading figure in the open access movement has died

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Minister predicts that in 2050 no one will understand today’s anxiety over ‘strange figures’

Council members absent from vote on venture with for-profit firm

One v-c is pursuing novel alliances and fundraising efforts to keep research at his university’s core

Wales does quite well from its small research base, but it can do better, says Peter Halligan

Value of contract research on the rise at English universities, according to Hefce report