Birthplace of Arab Spring, deathbed of academic freedom?
A dean’s legal battle has wider implications for Tunisia’s universities. Matthew Reisz writes
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Royal title for famous drama school
The Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, has been granted royal title by the Queen.
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Large drop in early university applications
The number of people applying to universities in the UK as part of the main applications cycle has fallen by 14 per cent compared with last year, new figures show.
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Canada's McGill University wins World University Rankings' video competition
One of the greatest strengths of the higher education world is its diversity - and this shone through in a competition asking filmmakers to describe what it is that makes their institution world...
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Minister eyes postgraduate plan for national lab
The government is looking for one or more academic partners for the National Physical Laboratory, potentially turning the government-owned facility into a postgraduate institute.
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Willetts gives green light for 10 new universities
David Willetts is to recommend that 10 small specialist colleges be granted university title, in what he describes as "the biggest creation of universities since 1992".
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Finland and South Korea top the Learning Curve
Finland and South Korea boast the most effective education systems, an assessment of 50 countries has found.
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Boris seeks to boost London's HE image in India
London mayor Boris Johnson has used a trip to India to highlight his concerns that the UK government’s visa rules are deterring students from the country from studying in the capital’s universities.
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European institutions 'must work together' in face of Asia's rise
At a time when the universities of the Ivy League are increasingly looking to Asia and even Latin America as research partners, European institutions need to collaborate far better if they want to...
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Inside Higher Ed: Pricing out the humanities
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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Humanities and 'soft power' on the Going Global menu
Issues including whether the humanities have a place in 21st-century nations will be among those discussed at the British Council's Going Global conference next year, it has been announced.
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Business schools 'failing' mid-sized firms
Business schools are failing to help mid-sized companies as much as they could and so are holding back the UK's economy and society, a new report has concluded.
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Ebdon urges schools to ignore "dreadful snobbery" about universities
Schools should ignore the "dreadful snobbery" that puts pressure on them to send as many pupils as possible to elite universities, according to the head of the Office for Fair Access.
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College of Law becomes UK's first for-profit university
The College of Law has been granted university title and will be known as the University of Law.
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News in brief
'He Jargon' competitionAward-winning waffleThe University of Leeds has won the inaugural Times Higher Education "HE Jargon" competition to uncover the worst examples of management waffle circulating...