Double bind and binary line menace for Welsh post-92s
Fee cutting is no guarantee of place allocation; merger opposition persists. David Matthews writes
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Warning: changes will 'happen under the radar'
Reports that the government is to shelve its higher education bill raise the prospect of the coalition sneaking controversial changes through not only by ministerial directives that avoid...
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News in brief
UCL 'no confidence' voteUnion cries foul in defeatA motion of no confidence in University College London's provost Malcolm Grant tabled by the institution's students' union has been defeated....
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Top reward and bottom slicing
V-c's package rose 6% in year when Sheffield targeted lowest paid's pensions. John Morgan writes
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Industrial revelations
To make the case for cash, we must forge a consensus on how science should stimulate growth, argues Imran Khan
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Tongue-tied UK badly equipped to join in the conversation of nations
Amid falling applications to Ucas, languages are taking the biggest hit - bad news for our global standing, cautions Sir Adam Roberts
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A question of core values
Apple's e-textbooks are causing a stir, but an exciting non-commercial vision promises a bolder future for learners, argues Philipp Schmidt
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Diary
SheffieldThe Way of the WorldIf you live in a world of extravagant parties, outrageous fashion and scandalous gossip, image is everything. So when Mirabell, a man with a distinctly dubious reputation...
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The Pick - Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin
Credit: The Collection of Howard HodgkinVisions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard HodgkinAshmolean Museum, Oxford, until 22 AprilA group of dervishes, stoned or asleep, have assembled in a...
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Whose risk is it anyway?
According to well-informed sources, a risk without any apparent owner was found wandering around our campus last week. Although reports vary, it appears that this risk would have achieved a "...
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Research intelligence - The emeriti seizing a late licence to roam
Study finds many scholars believe their best work has come after retirement. Matthew Reisz reports
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The week in higher education
• In a glimpse of how some conservative politicians in the US view their higher education system, a high-profile Republican lamented the loss of the sector to "the Left" on 25 January, urging...
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Leader: When the whip came down
Mr Willetts' professed love for the arts and humanities disciplines looks rather like discipline of another stripe entirely
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From where I sit - Conservative casting
There is currently a lively debate in Germany about the potentially dubious impact of applying for research funding through committees. One cynic summed this up as "having to go through a casting...