Bonnie Scots: funding hiked by 3.6 per cent
Scottish universities have welcomed an unexpected boost in funding for higher education in the draft budget for the next academic year.The draft Scottish Budget Bill for 2010-11, the third year of...
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Brits tipped for Nobel glory
Analysis by Thomson Reuters puts physicists in line for accolade, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Sharpen your presidential address with rhetoric MA
A new course hopes to transform and revive an area often seen as outdated. Matthew Reisz reports
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Hepi: voucher-style funding is not the answer
A "voucher" system for funding higher education would cause more problems than it would solve, a report published this week by the Higher Education Policy Institute says.The system, under which...
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Poor RAE results lead to job cuts
Stirling plans overhaul of its hiring strategy as research funding falls. Melanie Newman reports
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Workload: it's not heavier, but it is more burdensome
Study finds hours have not risen for years, but the administrative load has. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Original features
The 16-storey Muirhead Tower, named after the University of Birmingham's first professor of philosophy, has become one of its iconic buildings.Although Sir Philip Dowson's original 1971 facade has...
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'Table of tables' offers sector clearer picture
Combined ranking provides more comprehensive view of institutions' progress. Hannah Fearn reports
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Origin of species? How about origin of property?
Universities could face expensive legal action and embarrassing ethical questions if they don't formulate rules on how to manage their cultural property.The warning comes from University College...
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Drayson pledge on science coverage
Scientists 'misrepresented' in media encouraged to contact minister for help. Zoë Corbyn reports
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A united front for the future
Bill Wakeham reflects on the challenges ahead and the need for unions to join employers in overcoming them
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Legacies of tarnished revolutionaries rest in far too much peace
Searching for the resting places of two greats of human sciences, Yiannis Gabriel unlocks the door to Freud and keeps left for Marx
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Controversial US course shows there's a fine line between stupidity and cleverness
It is not something a university would normally want to be associated with, but students in the US are queuing to sign up for a course on stupidity.The class at Los Angeles' Occidental College - the...
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Sex, drugs and snobs: ITV piles on the clichés
Evil professors, outrageous initiation rites and stupendously snobbish students: these are not the images Oxbridge wants to cultivate, but such stereotypes abound in Trinity, a new ITV2 drama set at...
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Lib Dems' fees stance in limbo
'No decision' to mothball abolition plans despite leader's comments. Melanie Newman reports