Britons would rather be an academic than a Hollywood star
Becoming an academic is the third most desirable job for Britons and is seen as more attractive than being a Hollywood film star

Becoming an academic is the third most desirable job for Britons and is seen as more attractive than being a Hollywood film star

A cut to tuition fees not coupled with a rise in taxpayer funding would damage universities, Lord Mandelson has said as Labour finalises its policy.

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Professors issue warning over obsession with performance management and research excellence

THE investigation shows spike in spending on fees as UK ‘reliant’ on middlemen

The University of Manchester could not have chosen a worse time to consider closing Middle Eastern language courses, writes Hugh Williamson

University faces £17m deficit as enrolments fall while expenditures rise

A history of the steps humans took to explain how and why things work delights Cait MacPhee

It’s not just sun and salaries drawing academics to MENA jobs, says Siân Phillips

The REF’s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?

A hard look at impact - How did it play out in the REF?

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The Institute of International Education hopes that 1,000 teachers can help it double the number of Americans studying overseas

Proposals to trim research and innovation programme ‘downgrades importance’ of funding at European level, warns EUA

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