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I refer to Martin McQuillan's claim that the University of Ulster shares the view that "universities could not be expected to do anything about access because it was all the fault of failing state...
I refer to Martin McQuillan's claim that the University of Ulster shares the view that "universities could not be expected to do anything about access because it was all the fault of failing state...
Kristrún Gunnarsdóttir is certainly entitled to dismiss the theological bent of my book Humanity 2.0 (Books, 1 March), even if her preferred alternative remains mysterious. However, she is not...
Week after week, THE employs an Anglo- and London-centric perspective of the landscape it surveys. Witness the Diary, where it is routine to find that 50-60 per cent of the cultural activity covered...

Gary Day is fascinated by explanations of the Earth's path through the heavens and the Sun's hold over us

A world authority on interfaith relations, John Hick engaged in lively discussions on philosophy and theology with peers and students until he was 90 years old.Professor Hick grew up in Scarborough....

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University of RoehamptonBlessed are the newsmakersJournalism students honed their interview skills by grilling Occupy London protesters just hours after they had been evicted from outside St Paul's...

Restricted diet - How the National Student Survey sacrifices brain food for ‘satisfaction’
Anglia Ruskin University and London Metropolitan University are the biggest winners in the allocation of 20,000 “margin” student places for next year, but 155 further education colleges have grabbed...

The head of the London College of Communication has resigned after several days of negotiations with senior managers over her future.
Independent candidates have triumphed in the University and College Union elections by snapping up almost three-quarters of the contested places on its national executive committee.
More than one in three recent graduates are working in lower-skilled jobs compared with around one in four a decade ago, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Two-thirds of universities have failed to adequately consult students on their access agreements, the National Union of Students has claimed.
Two unions have threatened to use a new campaign to "name and shame" universities that fail to award all staff a "living wage".The National Union of Students and Unison said all employees in higher...