THE World University Rankings
So now we get to the hard part.I have spent months discussing the problems of our previous university ranking system: a weak response rate to the reputational survey, the failure to normalise...
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Top journals in agricultural sciences
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-28 February 2010
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The Week in Higher Education
Harrods is to offer its staff two-year degrees in sales through a link-up with Anglia Ruskin University. From this month, 10 staff will become Anglia Ruskin students and study modules in human...
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Pledge to fully fund 10,000 places falls by the wayside
'Lack of time' and student loans firm's woes force Willetts to drop Tory plans. Simon Baker writes
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Worrying times: Russell Group alarm as pressure for cuts continues and record graduate unemployment forecast
Massive funding cuts to UK higher education are "starting to be noticed" on the international stage, a university leader has warned.Michael Arthur, chair of the Russell Group of large research-...
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Unhappy campus: heaven knows we're miserable now
Compared with global peers, UK academics are most negative about work. Paul Jump reports
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Memo to HR: Be clear about scholars' roles
Universities' human resources departments must be more upfront about what is expected of scholars in the period of "discontinuities and heresies" ahead, the Changing Academic Profession conference...
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Self-reliance and survival: a US lesson for the UK
Sector must make its own fortunes as state aid falls, academic leader says. Simon Baker writes
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Reform USS or lose government cash, EPF says
Employers have claimed that the government will cut higher education's funding grant unless payments into the sector's largest pension scheme are reduced, as they stepped up their public relations...
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A teaching qualification for all as new academy broom sweeps in
Craig Mahoney says he'll do things 'differently and better' to prove HEA's value, Rebecca Attwood hears
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Is it plagiarism? Well, it is rather difficult to say
Study exposes scholars' confusion over key academic concern. Hannah Fearn reports
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Student-consumers willing to pay high price
One in two undergraduates would consider buying an assignment from an online essay bank if the price was right, a study suggests.Dan Rigby, reader in environmental economics at the University of...
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Clear way to write a social science bestseller
Most social science research has no chance of having a high impact because it is written up "appallingly", according to the co-author of the hugely successful book The Spirit Level: Why More Equal...
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Impact hostility is 'melting away'
Hefce director tells conference a 'positive story' as consensus grows in REF pilot. Paul Jump reports
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Online now
In last week's emergency Budget, it was announced that non-protected departmental budgets would be cut by an average of 25 per cent. But some online readers saw a silver lining.One says: "I think...