Edexcel eyes degree-awarding powers as FE 'peasants' are urged to revolt
Examination board Edexcel may apply for degree-awarding powers, Times Higher Education has learned.
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Diaries of doom, gloom and anger
Share survey records scholars' shocked reaction to Browne and the CSR. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Review's quality drive branded 'dangerous'
Lord Browne of Madingley's argument that greater competition between universities and more information for students will drive up quality has been described as "nonsense, dishonest and dangerous".
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Browne's plans to support part-timers do not mesh with reality, vice-chancellor claims
Fear that universities may have to restructure courses to fit new system. Simon Baker reports
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Pay out then priced out: bid to rein in high journal costs
Report estimates the cost of peer review to UK universities to be £165 million, writes Paul Jump
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Gulf opens for UCL as Qatari campus aims to unearth past
Regional cash bankrolls postgraduate focus, but critics warn of reputational risks. John Gill writes
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Global success, Suomi-style: Finns take you higher more cheaply and easily
The university sectors of Norway, the Netherlands and Finland are models for the international community when it comes to accessibility and affordability, a new analysis suggests.
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Meeting of minds on many matters
Academy's challenges feature among wide-ranging, myth-popping debates. Matthew Reisz reports
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Unshackling a great notion
Shifting ideas of 'honour' have played a role in atrocities such as foot binding and the slave trade, but the concept can also be used to change entrenched views and end injustices, philosopher Kwame...
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Discerning palette
Alex Danchev salutes the inexplicable mastery of Cézanne, subject of a scrupulous exhibition
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Daytime TV: Darkness lingers
The National Grid spread light, but the unemployed still just hang on in the shadows, learns Gary Day
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Diary
BirminghamQueering the MuseumIt is often assumed, argue the creators of a bold new exhibition at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (4 November to 30 January 2011), that the world is straight, and...
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The Pick - Paraphernalia framing British art
40 Degrees of SeparationThe Goodison Room, Tate BritainLondon until February 2011Established in 1970, the Tate Archive contains more than a million items - diaries, notebooks, letters, sketches,...
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UUK is OK!
Our vice-chancellor has vigorously defended the response of Universities UK to the Browne Review.Speaking to our reporter Keith Ponting (30), he commended UUK's decision to say absolutely nothing...
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Leader: Time for a return to entry duty?
Universities have for some time left A levels to others, but they may soon find themselves driven to reassert control