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20 October 2011
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Baroness bemoans ‘poorly focused’ efforts to measure quality
A former president of the British Academy has argued that universities are subject to “elaborate forms of accountability that reveal little about how effectively students are taught or how much they...
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‘Excellent but under pressure’: official verdict on UK research
The UK research base is the most productive in the world but its position could be threatened by relatively low investment, a government-commissioned report warns.
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Influence wielded by chief scientific advisers ‘varies hugely’
The status and influence of chief scientific advisors varies wildly across government, with many advisors lacking sufficient independence, oversight, or ministerial access to properly fulfil their...
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Inside Higher Ed: Jstor for life
By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
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Early departure for under-fire STFC chief
Keith Mason is to step down as chief executive of the Science and Technology Facilities Council five months earlier than scheduled.
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Calls for research integrity watchdog dismissed
The government and the research councils have rejected suggestions that the UK needs a specific body to police research integrity.
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Concessions forced on student places plans
Funding chiefs have made a series of changes to the plans for student number controls in 2012-13 in an attempt to alleviate concerns about their impact on social mobility, “vulnerable” subjects and...
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Reading names senior civil servant as new v-c
The most senior education civil servant in Britain has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of the University of Reading.
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Foreign students fuel decade-long growth in numbers
The number of students at UK universities has gone up by almost a third in the last 10 years with those coming from outside the European Union more than doubling, according to a new report.
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Cambridge selects Lord Sainsbury as new chancellor
Former Labour science minister Lord Sainsbury of Turville has been elected chancellor of the University of Cambridge after receiving more than half the votes in a ballot of members of the institution...
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Market policies too extreme, Blair guru warns
A former director of the London School of Economics has used a House of Lords debate to attack the government’s higher education policies, saying they risk “chaotic consequences” including the...
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Glyndwr to validate private employment firm’s HE courses
Glyndwr University is to validate higher education courses run by the international recruitment company, A4e.The university said that the partnership would help people into work and tackle “social...
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Gove calls for students to be ranked on A-level scores
Research on the evidence for A-level grade inflation has prompted claims that elite universities are being damaged.