Cuts threaten access reputation, Ulster staff claim
Academics fear that 'provision of teaching will be seriously diminished'. Matthew Reisz writes
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University accessDux for cover? Elite should payA government scheme to reward top state school pupils with a visit to a Russell Group institution has been branded as "tokenism" by a university...
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Hunting parallels, but don's life is stranger than fiction
Jack Grove hears how a chance encounter propelled Arthur Gibson from Bradford's slums to Cambridge's high table
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United StatesState of the union: deniedA US governor has signed a bill prohibiting postgraduate students from forming unions at public universities in his state. Rick Snyder, the governor of Michigan...
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A sister act of positive discrimination to benefit all
Afghan politician strives to promote equal opportunity in divided land. Lianne Gutcher writes
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US study highlights need for wider leadership pool
Meet your average American college president: he's a 61-year-old married white man who has been in his current role for seven years and boasts a doctorate in education.This profile, from the American...
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An inclusive mission
As a scholar at Cambridge, Rowan Williams will continue pursuing a communal search for truth, says Benjamin Myers
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Hate has no place here
The sector must consider the law, confront its own prejudices, update its codes and banish the extremists from campus, says Ruth Deech
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Russell Group: Suits you, Sir
Our vice-chancellor has announced that he "perfectly understands" the reasoning that has led the universities of Exeter, Durham, York and Queen Mary, University of London to abandon their current...
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Impact refreshes parts sector ought to reach
Requiring academics to justify the importance of their research via “some kind of slogan that somebody in a pub is going to be able to repeat” is “much more healthy than the Stefan Collini line that...
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U-Multirank may be a waste of taxpayers’ money
It was conceived by the European Commission as an alternative to the established research-led university rankings, offering a user-driven “multi-dimensional” ranking with a wider range of indicators....
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Peers call for U-Multirank U-turn after failing to discern its value
House of Lords report advises Europe to ‘prioritise other activities’. Jack Grove writes
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Leader: Instability narrows horizons
Institutions need secure positions and income to plan and do good work; the same is true of individual scholars
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Research Intelligence - Vim up North leaves the rest trailing
N8 is the poster group for research collaboration and academic links with industry, writes Paul Jump
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