England’s large post-92s take hit on ‘student outcomes’ funding cut
Teaching grant allocations by OfS reveal losers from £30 million drop in funding to aid retention
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Emerging Economies Summit: More non-Arabic degrees ‘will ease Morocco’s graduate unemployment’
THE Emerging Economies Summit hears senior university leader call for reform to address nation’s graduate employment crisis
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Paris to London: Howard Davies on the finance sector and universities’ common interests
The former LSE director tells Matthew Reisz that colleagues at Sciences Po sense an opportunity in Brexit, that the French should not fret over league tables and that academics, policymakers and...
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Is answering work emails on the day of your child’s birth OK? Twitter responds
After tweeting an anecdote of an academic responding to her email the same day as their child was born, Rachael Pells was surprised by the response from other academics on Twitter
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French researchers spotlight benefits of ‘learning by doing’
Study focuses on benefits of giving students hands-on experience – including via Lego
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On War and Writing, by Samuel Hynes
These engaging essays about violence could have broadened their scope, writes Jeffrey Meyers
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Progress on UK’s outward student mobility rate stalls
Share of students going abroad has remained stable for last two years of data
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India enters international student recruitment race
Country’s new internationalisation plan eschews revenue-focused approaches favoured by other countries
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The week in higher education – 10 May 2018
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world's media
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Paul Younger, 1962-2018
Tributes paid to hydrogeologist who spent career at Newcastle and Glasgow
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Interview with Adrian Kavanagh
The Republic of Ireland’s resident Eurovision expert discloses the secrets to winning Europe’s infamous song contest and why it is not just about political alliances
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Incoming OfS director backs post-qualification admissions debate
Conor Ryan says students should apply to university once they know their A-level grades
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Sam Gyimah: how is English ‘minister for students’ doing so far?
Minister given explicitly political task of boosting Tories on campuses, just as policy gets even more complex
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Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature, by Liam Heneghan
An environmental biologist’s examination of the books we read during childhood is in equal parts charming and irritating, writes Shelley King
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What are you reading? – 10 May 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers