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Global University SummitLeaders shall speak unto leaders“Universities and economic growth” is the theme of this year’s Global University Summit, which will bring together politicians, business...
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From where I sit - 'Brexit'? It's cold outside
One old-time story of British attitudes to the European Union goes like this. It’s 1955. There is a meeting determining whether to create the European Economic Community. Six continental delegations...
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21 February 2013
Escape from limbo - To defeat the visa bureaucracy, the personal must become political
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Tales of student visa bureaucracy
The visa process can trap students in a costly Kafkaesque limbo. To improve life for foreign scholars, the sector should halt its failed lobbying over policy and focus on publicising the misery...
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Low-cost universities fail to fill ‘margin’ places
Coalition reveals ‘disturbing’ shortfall. David Matthews reports
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Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective
The Roy Lichtenstein retrospective at Tate Modern reveals the seriousness behind the Pop artist’s irony, finds Alex Danchev
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The Silence of Animals: On Progress and Other Modern Myths by John Gray
Shahidha Bari on Straw Dogs’ author’s new tricks
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THE podcast: 21 February 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanAre scruffy clothes a sign of intelligence? And will David Cameron’s visit to India benefit UK higher education? These are among the topics covered on this week’s issue...
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THE podcast: Chen Hong interview
Podcast Powered By PodbeanPhil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, meets Tsinghua University professor Chen Hong at the Association of International Education...
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Hitler’s Philosophers, by Yvonne Sherratt
An effort to blame German thinkers for Nazism revives a discredited tradition, says Richard J. Evans
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Hepi days, as new partners boost thinktank
The Higher Education Policy Institute has mounted a successful drive to recruit more university partners, with the institutions helping to secure the independent thinktank’s long-term future.
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Congress opens door to US open access
A bill has been introduced into the United States Congress that would require most papers describing publicly-funded research to be made open access within six months of publication.
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Costs of new fees system outweigh the benefits, economists warn
The short-term benefits to the government of increasing student fees in England will be outweighed 6.5 times over by the long-term costs of the new system, according to a new report.
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Beware the student employability agenda, debate hears
The promotion of student employability by universities is “a problem” and the growing power of the student voice amounts to “surveillance” of lecturers, an academic has warned.
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PM hails new arrivals to Futurelearn
David Cameron has welcomed news that five more universities have signed up to offer courses on Futurelearn, the UK’s massive open online course provider.