Blog: REF 2014 – a fair comparison of quality?
John Holmwood and Stephen McKay examine the results for the social sciences and identify some anomalies
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FT Global MBA Ranking 2015: London Business School claims second place
London Business School has continued its climb up the Financial Times’ Global MBA Ranking, claiming second place in the 2015 table
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Burns’ work translated by Chinese scholar
As Burns Night is celebrated around the world, the work of Scotland’s national poet is being brought to a new audience
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Glasgow and Nankai to set up joint graduate school
A joint graduate school is to be established in the Chinese city of Tianjin by the University of Glasgow and Nankai University
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Horizon 2020 funding raid a ‘great concern’
Pan-Europe organisations attack Commission plans to move money for strategic investment fund
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Oxford Brookes University makes Alistair Fitt v-c
An academic who was set to become interim vice-chancellor at Oxford Brookes University has been confirmed as the institution’s next permanent head
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The 100 most international universities in the world 2015
World University Rankings data reveal the most outward-looking institutions
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Top 10 most international universities in the world
A university’s international outlook can be key to its success in global rankings – the world’s leading universities draw in the top academic and student talent from a global pool and they...
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ߣߣƵ Leadership and Management Awards 2015 open for entries
This year’s ߣߣƵ Leadership and Management Awards - more widely known as the Thelmas - have been opened for entries
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Paul Webley to step down as Soas director
The director of Soas, University of London, is to step down from his position this year owing to ill health
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THE podcast: 22-28 January 2015 issue review
Download the podcastThe role of the government’s chief scientific adviser, Russia’s bid to get five universities into the world’s top 100, and this week’s ߣߣƵ Books section are all...
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Russia’s universities: rebuilding ‘collapsed stars’
Jack Grove reports from Moscow on bold plans to revive the country’s ailing higher education sector
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OECD’s head of education gives thumbs up to £9K tuition fee system
Endorsement comes after ministers are accused by Labour of misleading Parliament
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A carrot no more
Dorothy Bishop hits the mark on all the negative consequences of our short-sighted research culture (“The big grant money. The big papers. Are we missing anything?”, Opinion, 15 January). I...
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World in brief - 22 January 2015
United StatesSilicon Valley plugs into ed techEducation technology businesses received investment totalling $1.87 billion (£1.2 billion) from venture capital firms last year, up 55 per cent on 2013....