'Reality check': the UK clings on to second place in global league
US dominates revamped Times Higher Education World University Rankings. John Morgan reports
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New weights and measures throw up a few surprises
Phil Baty looks at the rankings winners and losers and explains how weightings have affected results
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Saintly champion of liberal values out of step with business zeitgeist
What would Cardinal Newman make of 'impact' and the REF? John Morgan investigates
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Sir Menzies admits graduates may have to start paying more
Former Lib Dem leader tells Simon Baker he could back payment system if equity goals are protected
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Cable's excellent research rationing scheme is under attack from all sides
A speech by Vince Cable on distributing cuts to the science budget came under fierce attack from vice-chancellors last week for "fundamental errors" and its potential to damage the UK's reputation.In...
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Get ready for a double whammy
CSU chancellor calls for sector to show restraint over tuition fee rises, reports John Morgan in Paris
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Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Full results of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-11 with all the data, interactive tables and analysis.
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Poppleton not for profit - official
Rumours that Poppleton might follow in the steps of BPP and become a "for-profit" university have been vigorously dispelled by our vice-chancellor.In a strongly worded statement unanimously described...
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Pesky pedant ... moi?
If Jane Austen can flout the rules of grammar so can I, writes Sally Feldman
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Leader: Failure is not an option
Our new rankings show the UK sector remains a global power, but it needs resources to give it and the nation a strong future
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Off Piste - The myth of endless summer
Christoph Bode's love of the Beach Boys has only been deepened by Brian Wilson's late-career deconstruction of his own California dreaming
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From where I sit - Autonomy, but at a cost
The idea of what a university should be is changing in India. This clearly emerges in the concept note for the 2010 Universities for Innovation Bill. This seeks to facilitate the creation of a...
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Tom Behan, 1957-2010
A campaigning academic expert on organised crime in Italy has died.Tom Behan was born into an Irish working-class family in London on 22 June 1957. He attended school in Middlesex but spent almost a...
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Research intelligence - Plugging in to India
New collaborative links between Britain and the subcontinent will bring technological gains to both, writes Cat Davies