End of tuition fees is near, says Hughes
A coalition government agreement to abolish tuition fees in England and replace them with a system closer to a graduate tax is near and simply needs edging “over the line”, Simon Hughes, the Liberal...
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Major donation funds new school for ‘leaders of tomorrow’
Europe’s first major academic school of government, which opens today at the University of Oxford, has been bankrolled by one of the largest philanthropic gifts received by the institution in its 900...
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Close to the bone: Irish funding cuts spell crisis for sector
After two years of staff losses further reductions will hurt quality, universities warn. Hannah Fearn writes
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Postdoctoral scientists urged to spread their wings
Postdoctoral research scientists should look elsewhere for fruitful careers as the financially stretched academy increasingly cannot accommodate them, delegates at the British Science Festival heard...
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World University Rankings 2010-11 methodology
Robust, transparent and sophisticated Phil Baty explains how in-depth consultation with the global academic community has produced the most exact and relevant world rankings yet devised It is, of...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Social Sciences methodology
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Social Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list of...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Physical Sciences methodology
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Physical Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Life Sciences methodology
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Life Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list of ...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Engineering & Technology methodology
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Engineering & Technology subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health methodology
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Arts & Humanities methodology
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings’ Arts and Humanities subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full...
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No borders, only frontiers
Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust hymns the restless quest for wisdom that defines higher education's highest goals
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Book of the Week: Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think
A godless Universe? Not among the US' elite natural philosophers, as Andrew Briggs discovers
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Higher Education and the American Dream: Success and its Discontents
In abandoning their students and missions, US universities lost public trust, Jon Nixon discovers
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Multiculturalism: Some Inconvenient Truths
Has Britain succeeded in integrating its African and Asian immigrants (Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims) into the larger society? Have its policies of integration resulted in a just and egalitarian society...