Laurie Taylor – 24 September 2015
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Open access fees hike universities’ journal bills
This graphic shows the cost of journal subscriptions to seven of the most popular publishers for 24 UK universities in 2014
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Cut from a different cloth
In an age of extroverts, a scholar’s paean to shyness and Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘radio phone-in’ PMQs tack against the prevailing winds
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Freezing loan repayment threshold ‘would cost average borrower £3K’
Women and students from poorer backgrounds to be hardest hit, says Sutton Trust analysis
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Graduate salary premium ‘bigger for women’
But men continue to earn significantly more on average, Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis reveals
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Video: World University Rankings 2015-2016 live launch
ߣߣÊÓƵ rankings editor Phil Baty unveils the results live from the World Academic Summit in Melbourne
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BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 results coming 2 December
ߣߣÊÓƵ BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 will include 200 universities for the first time
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What academics put on their office doors (and why)
Matthew Reisz finds everything from pencilled moustaches to stick-on lizards affixed to the doors of academics
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Student protests halt lectures at South African universities
Student safety and funding are key concerns for Vaal and UKZN undergraduates
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US ‘un-excellence’ initiative will harm institutions, says scholar
Philip Altbach warns that ‘you can’t starve a higher education system’ without grave consequences
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University of Leicester’s new flexible degree aimed at the ‘broadly talented’
Major/minor course designed to improve graduates’ employment prospects