Hefce report warns over lack of funds for teaching
Study says financial pressure may erode sector's reputation for quality. Rebecca Attwood reports
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The week in higher education
A report that said "white, well-off middle-class families still exert a stranglehold over the top universities" ruffled the feathers of a few vice-chancellors from new universities. The suggestion of...
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Lift fees cap to help sector, Denham told
As university user groups report to the minister, John Chisholm calls for more competition and more industry involvement. Hannah Fearn reports
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Southampton Solent reviews guidance as relationships turn ugly
Institution acts after students complain when affairs with staff sour, Melanie Newman writes
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Charity guide criticised for not declaring GM interests
Sense About Science pamphlet failed to list contributors' links with industry. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Home Secretary slammed for ecstasy 'meddling'
One of Britain's leading scientists has accused the Home Secretary of meddling with academic freedom after she ordered an independent adviser to apologise for an article in a peer-reviewed journal....
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Imperial faces funding gap as merger takes toll
Imperial College London is bracing itself for a cut in funding when the research assessment exercise allocations are announced on 5 March.Although Imperial's potential losses will be mitigated by a £...
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Institutions draw up plans for closures and job losses
Reading's School of Health and Social Care under threat as sector cuts costs, writes Melanie Newman
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Singapore college claiming UK links is ordered to stop
Coventry, Napier and Uclan say they have no ties with private business institute. John Gill reports
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Application numbers up 8 per cent
Applications to university are up almost 8 per cent and more mature students are planning to study, according to data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.By 15 January, the number...
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Ulster's ring-fenced posts come under fire
A university's attempts to provide job security by ring-fencing permanent posts for those on temporary contracts have been criticised.Amid concerns about excessive casualisation in higher education,...
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Prison research project is throttled by red tape
Mental-health services study abandoned after a 14-month bureaucratic nightmare. John Gill reports
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Researchers' complaint over citation taken to ethics body
COPE tells scientists to go to 'higher authority' over lack of credit in journal paper. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Original features
In a £2 million initiative, Tyn Dwr Hall in Llangollen, North Wales, has been handsomely restored and re-equipped by the University of Central Lancashire in partnership with Proactive Adventure. It...
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News in brief
University financesNo bankruptcies ahead, says DIUSThe Government has issued reassurances that no university is at risk of going bankrupt, after off-the-cuff remarks by its chief science adviser were...