Personal touch proves key to student retention
Early intervention is vital, say the institutions that buck the dropout trend. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Give us a sporting chance
Whitehall's creative industries strategy is welcome, but where is its support for Britain's athletic endeavours, asks Simon Chadwick
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V-c upbraided for plans to cut social sciences at Keele
Academics to raise concerns over 'erosion' of the field at professional conference. John Gill reports
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Loss of Hefce research chief threatens to leave RAE revamp in disarray
The English funding council is to lose its chief research policy expert midway through the process of setting up a replacement for the research assessment exercise, sparking fears of a possible...
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Dean dismissed for plagiarism
Durham sacks academic after disciplinary tribunal upholds misconduct allegations. Tariq Tahir reports
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Winners and losers in ‘good settlement’ for English sector
Hefce chief hails 3.3% gain in 2008-09 budget, but 59 institutions will see cuts. Phil Baty reports
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The cost of excellence
Quality teaching, like quality research, requires funding input, say Russell Group chiefs Malcolm Grant and Wendy Piatt
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What price knowledge? Richard III p < Nazis y = research grant (1 - q)
Simon Blackburn muses on RCUK's shelved proposal to test the economic impact of humanities research via algorithms
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Academic salary bills are a 'time bomb', say employers
Vice-chancellors warn that pay rises, pensions and inflation could lead to financial woes, writes Melanie Newman
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Pay talks to start without lecturers' union
Vice-chancellors have agreed to push ahead with national pay negotiations without the lecturers' trade union, raising the prospect of industrial action in the autumn and the collapse of national pay...
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RCUK abandons impact formula
Councils admit defeat in hunt for algorithm to show economic value of research, reports Zoe Corbyn
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The Week in Higher Education
Of all newspapers, the Government may have least expected the Financial Times to be leading the attack on its plans to increase the involvement of business in the design and funding of degree courses...
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Denham announces reviews to map out sector's future
Minister promises long-term planning and lauds business partnerships. Melanie Newman reports
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Cold spots to gain higher education centres
Labour vows to 'unlock talent' by creating 20 new sites and 10,000 places in six years, writes John Gill
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'High-handed' approach to dispute under fire
An academic expert in industrial relations at Keele University's School of Economic and Management Studies has criticised the way the university's managers are handling the dispute over job losses at...