Top-ups may hit credit ratings
Top-up fees could make the task of raising credit more difficult for some English universities, widening the gap between rich and poor institutions, according to analysts Standard & Poor's....
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Even rent-free students should quit costly capital, says report
London's students would be better off quitting the capital even if it meant leaving rent-free rooms at home, according to a report published this week. The report concludes that the cost of being a...
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College share of £42m 'unfair'
Further education colleges will deliver most of the extra 10,000 foundation degree places next year, but some could get little cash for doing so, The Times Higher has learnt. About two-thirds of the...
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V-cs back in fray to halt fees
Talks are under way between ministers and Labour backbenchers about "clarification" of the higher education bill as it emerged that up to 20 vice-chancellors are poised to step up their lobbying...
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UUK forces minister to give ground on access
Vice-chancellors have won the first round in a continuing battle to narrow the scope of the Office for Fair Access. Universities UK has been in extensive negotiations with ministers to define the...
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CMI teething troubles 'over'
Chancellor Gordon Brown committed £65 million to a partnership involving Cambridge University without allowing for competing bids from other universities and with no proper risk assessment, targets...
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Face up to ancient'v' word
It may have been the birthplace of democracy, but it seems that ancient Greece was a veiled society for women. Research by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, lecturer in classics and ancient history at Exeter...
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Whistleblowers: BA pre-empts probe into prize
The country's most prestigious arts academy was accused of "playing fast and loose" this week, as it appeared to pre-empt an investigation by the public spending watchdog into its handling of a...
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QAA targets PhD 'cronyism'
Claire Sanders looks at the potential impact of a new code of practice for research students, while two QAA committee members who are shaping the guidelines give their insights .Universities will...
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Fashion, politics, science - all at your fingertips
This image is among 40,000 from world-famous photo archives, available to teachers in further and higher education through a deal with the Joint Information Systems Committee. Jisc's Education Image...
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Cambridge: 1 in 5 state pupils fails to meet offer
One in five state-school students failed to achieve their conditional offer last summer, Cambridge University said this week. The failure rate partly explains why Cambridge was unable to turn a 1 per...
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'We had a name with one dead county in it'
How do you reverse the fortunes of a university in free fall and make a name for it in a crowded field? Lincoln's vice-chancellor gave Jim Kelly a few tips. The emerging market in higher education...
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EU research post goes east
The director-general of the European Union's Joint Research Centre will lose his job this year, a victim of the need to offer high-level European Commission posts to representatives of the (mostly)...
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Ex-Irish premier converts to tuition fees cause
Garret Fitzgerald, the former Irish premier, has reversed his longstanding opposition to the return of university tuition fees, which were abolished in the mid-1990s by a coalition government...
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US illegals find access denied
Illegal immigrants living in the US face new barriers to higher education after a federal judge ruled that they may be denied admission to universities. The case was brought in Virginia by two...