The week in higher education – 22 October 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Grant winners – 22 October 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Tensions rise over Scottish bill fears
Discussion of governance bill largely off agenda at SNP conference despite worries over ‘public sector status’ for universities and warnings about financial impact
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Student perceptions of career readiness not matched by reality
UK students have ‘inflated’ views of their preparedness for the job market compared with undergraduates elsewhere, a major international study contends
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World University Rankings 2015-2016 by subject: arts and humanities results
UK maintains its strength in the arts while US loses ground
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University of Leicester launches Department of Transtemporal Studies
Queen’s University Belfast and University of Sheffield also enter into the spirit of ‘Back to the Future Day’
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The prestige that attracts Chinese students to the UK is at risk
The UK’s strong higher education reputation has not been achieved by current policies, says Toby Miller
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UK university leaders lavish praise on Xi Jinping
As China's president visits the UK, heads of UCL, LSE and the Royal Society all warm to his slogan "the Chinese Dream"
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AC Grayling: why New College of the Humanities teamed up with Southampton Solent
Chris Parr reports as the philosopher talks of big plans for his fledgling institution
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Cut university budgets to fund FE? Skills education belongs in both
Policy Exchange’s report shows that damaging stereotypes of HE and FE persist, writes Joy Carter
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NUS ‘deeply disappointed’ by UUK stance on Osborne loan freeze
V-cs fail to oppose repayment threshold plan attacked as ‘unfair retrospective change’ by GuildHE
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University staff in line for 1 per cent pay increase
Above-inflation deal for university staff still lags behind pay increases seen elsewhere in the UK this year
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Subject Ranking 2015-2016: Arts and humanities methodology
The ߣߣÊÓƵ World University Rankings 2015-2016 arts and humanities subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas. The full list of arts and humanities subjects used...