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Imperial translation unit moves to UCL
Imperial College London has moved its Translation Studies Unit to University College London.
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Auckland, Liverpool and Newcastle join FutureLearn
Three more universities - two from England and one from New Zealand - have signed up to FutureLearn, the UK’s massive open online course provider.
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Oxbridge admissions defended by youth mentor
A youth mentor has defended Oxbridge against charges of racial bias in admissions, earning a standing ovation at the Conservative Party conference.
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ULU vice-president arrested at university party
A students’ union vice-president was arrested after objecting to the conduct of police officers searching for drugs at a university party.
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Business schools were ‘used as a cash cow’, says Willetts
Universities were guilty in the past of “extracting money” from business school students without giving them good quality teaching.
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Vince Cable’s UUK speech
Lib Dem Business Secretary on immigration, fees and Willetts’ future
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Manchester Met v-c hits back on graduate employment
A vice-chancellor has declared he is “fed up with employers telling us our students are not employment ready”.
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World University Rankings 2012-13 methodology
The essential elements in our world-leading formula Underpinning the World University Rankings is a sophisticated exercise in information-gathering and analysis: here we detail the criteria used...
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David Willetts' PPS 'admits defeat' on net migration change
An MP close to David Willetts has admitted defeat on hopes to withdraw students from net migration figures in the near future.
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Three years after Browne: two outstanding questions
Emran Mian on the questions that bothered him while working on the Browne Review, and which bother him still
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Inside Higher Ed: affirming affirmative action
By Michael Stratford, for Inside Higher Ed
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Willetts ends ELQ rule for part-time engineering and tech degrees
Fee loans will be offered to students studying engineering and technology part time as second degrees in a bid to attract more women to the subjects.
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CV lies increasing, survey suggests
Almost two-thirds of students and graduates know someone who has lied on their CV about their qualifications, a survey has found.
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FutureFest considers ideas for coming decades
Academics will join a host of well-known names for a festival this weekend encouraging each of us to cast our “mind forward 25 years to the 2030s”.