Top 100 books: what kind of students do schools want to produce?
Teachers have selected 100 books pupils should read before leaving secondary school. What do they tell us? Robert Eaglestone takes a look
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Ernst and Young drops degree classification threshold for graduate recruitment
‘No evidence’ that success at university is linked to achievement in professional assessments, accountancy firm says
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Want to raise the quality of teaching? Begin with academic freedom
Sir Keith Burnett considers the challenges of introducing a teaching excellence framework
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A meeting of African minds
Editor John Gill reflects on the inaugural ߣߣƵ Africa Universities Summit
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US recessions harm take-up of liberal arts degrees
Study finds that students choose to major in subjects that are ‘more challenging’ in bad economic times
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Students’ unions in the higher education marketplace
Megan Dunn, NUS president, on the need for universities and students’ unions to work in partnership
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News blog: Should business contribute more to the science budget?
Asking R&D-heavy companies to help plug gaps in the science budget has implicit appeal but, in reality, only increased public spending is likely to keep global firms in the UK, says Paul Jump
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Chile puts science centre stage
Presidential commission recommends new ministry to push technological development
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University of Helsinki head furious over austerity measures
Cuts will “hurt the country’s competitiveness and citizens’ well-being”, says rector
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News blog: Priced out of postgraduate education?
Holly Else looks at how the rising cost of university study might affect willingness to study at postgraduate level
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ߣߣƵ can help England along the QA path ahead
QAA chief Anthony McClaran, who is soon to take over Teqsa, tells Chris Havergal that Down Under they have pioneered a risk- and data-based system
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News blog: The challenges facing Africa’s higher education system
Chris Havergal blogs from the ߣߣƵ Africa Universities Summit
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Lifestyle benefits of university key factor in boosting applications
Report finds that reassurance about finance made school pupils significantly less likely to want to progress to higher education
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Peer-to-peer networking: David Willetts and Jennie Bristow in the latest Books podcast
Books editor Karen Shook introduces our latest literary podcast
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Top 30 African universities: ߣߣƵ reveals snapshot university ranking
Institutions from 10 countries feature in a top 30 that previews what a new ranking, being discussed at the Africa Universities Summit, might look like