Professor takes vow of silence in support of deaf community
Graham Turner at Heriot-Watt raises awareness for Sign Language Week
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BIS committee launches inquiry into university-business links
A cross-party group of MPs has launched a new inquiry into university-business collaboration.
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Oxbridge access: DfE releases free school meal stats
Only one in 1,000 children who claim free school meals make it to Oxbridge, new analysis says.
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'Massive' budget hole predicted as RAB charge rises
A £2.5 billion drop in forecast student loan repayments over six years means the government will “massively overrun” on its higher education budget, independent experts have warned
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UCL attacks Mail over race and gender ‘insinuation’
Pro v-c ‘deeply disappointed’ after diary column on scientists’ appearance on Newsnight
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THE podcast: 20 March 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe cost of the higher education reforms, pre-degree pathway centres, the lack of black professors in UK universities and the idea of tying research council funding to diversity...
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THE podcast: John Last interview
Download the podcastJohn Last became the first vice-chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts when the institution gained university status in 2012.In this podcast, he discusses how the impact of...
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Research councils may tie funding to diversity accreditation
Scepticism that proposal to encourage diversity could effectively regulate sector
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Sex and the REF
Does research assessment discriminate against female academics? asks Barbara Graziosi
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Durham scholars working in a ‘culture of fear’
Evidence cited by a review of governance reveals a series of concerns
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Researchers seek more advice on retractions and peer review
Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says
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Not a headline act
“The week in higher education” (13 March) notes that two Oxford pro vice-chancellors rebutted Luke Johnson’s claims “that the university had been slow to adapt to the world of online learning” by...
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Safeguarding patient data
The Medical Research Council’s Sir John Savill (“Duty to share data”, Letters, 6 March) claims that MRC-funded research will use “rigorously de-identified data in an approved research environment...
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Student insights
Sarah Moore’s point about the tendency to caricature students is well made (“Beware the caricature: students need nurturing, not negativity, to thrive”, Opinion, 13 March). Not only have the same...
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Close-up on bursaries
Amanda Chetwynd and Peter Diggle (“Bursaries’ individual impact”, Letters, 13 March) are mistaken: the Office for Fair Access’ powerful new analysis in our interim report on the effect of bursaries...