Browne review: how Britain has reacted
Reactions to Lord Browne’s review of higher education funding and student finance are flooding in. Here we round up what different groups have been saying
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At last, teaching will get its due
Alasdair Smith sees the Browne review as a golden opportunity to halt the academy’s distorted focus on research output
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Cable tells Lib Dem opponents of fees: come to terms with reality
The Liberal Democrat policy of opposing tuition fees is “simply no longer feasible” in the current economic climate, Vince Cable said today in a statement to the House of Commons.
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Take off the cap so students and market system can shape UK higher education, Browne recommends
The tuition fee cap should be scrapped, “blanket subsidies” for courses ended and universities freed to compete for students in one of the most radical overhauls of the sector ever.
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Opinion: ‘A free-for-all, and expensive for some’
Alan Ryan proposes that there should be no cap on tuition fees, grants for the talented poor should return and universities should lose their safety net
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Opinion: Higher fees alone won’t put off poorer students
Recent studies reveal tuition costs do not deter students from lower socio-economic groups. Their decision not to go into higher education, argues Peter Urwin, is made much earlier in their schooling
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If the dunce cap fits…US teaching standards under fire
Are academics being blamed for work-shy students and high unemployment? Jon Marcus reports
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No case for disciplining senior London Met staff over financial crisis, says report
An investigation into senior staff at London Metropolitan University has concluded that there is no case for disciplinary action following the financial crisis that engulfed the institution.
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Review finds no evidence that UCL radicalised alleged bomber
There is “no evidence” that a Nigerian graduate accused of attempting to blow up a plane on Christmas Day last year was radicalised while studying at University College London, an independent review...
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Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture
From scrolls to iPads, literature may change its form but its importance endures, says Tara Brabazon
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Crimea: The Last Crusade
An insightful analysis evinces the relevance of a Victorian conflict to today's ills, writes A.W. Purdue
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Through the Language Glass: How Words Colour Your World
Does language mirror the objects and structures inscribed in reality, or is it rather that reality is reified, structured and even invented by language? Is what we assume to be naturally and...
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The Canon: Sincerity and Authenticity by Lionel Trilling
What value a degree in the humanities? The £25,000 it soon may cost? Indeed, in the age of "impact funding", what value the humanities at all? Lionel Trilling's 1971 book can still guide a thoughtful...
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Pomodoro! A History of the Tomato in Italy
It took Italians an age to embrace the tomato, but the rest is juicy history, says Robert Appelbaum
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Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox
Visiting the Temple of Vaccinia in the huge garden of Edward Jenner's house in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, is a delightful experience today. The rustic little building still stands where Jenner...