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Graduate calls University College Suffolk ‘unhealthy’ for black students
Jason Haye says his 2.2 degree would have been higher but for institution’s environment, citing artist Maggi Hambling’s ‘slave’ comments
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National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963, by Richard Vinen
A. W. Purdue on a British institution that changed lives but has been largely ignored by historians
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Research ethics: when friends become work
Social scientist mulls the perks and pitfalls of using personal networks in research
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QAA to investigate Saudi students’ exam resits
University of Bedfordshire accused of giving those sponsored by Saudi Arabian government preferential treatment
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The professor-less university
Two radically contrasting emerging models of higher education in the US offer academics a very different deal, says Steven Ward
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More women and minorities leave jobs for postgraduate degrees
Data analysis suggests discrimination plays a role in higher number of female and BME ‘returnees’
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Concerns about Plymouth University chairman predate current crisis
Board member made aware of claims related to ‘wider working practices’ in December 2012
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Scottish government fees stance ‘incompatible with EU law’
Former ECJ judge’s legal opinion casts doubts on post-independence policy
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Heseltine weighs in to overseas students debate
Former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine has criticised the inclusion of foreign students in government plans to cut net immigration to the UK
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Public against cutting back on overseas students, poll finds
A majority of the public say the government should not reduce overseas student numbers, polling suggests.
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Burning Man to showcase work based on British Library images
Open access project has reached far afield since its launch last year
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King’s College London criticised for closing theology programmes
Two leading theologians have criticised the closure of several postgraduate theology and ministry programmes at King’s
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10 of the most beautiful university buildings in the UK
What’s the #BestHEbuilding? We’re asking our ߣߣÊÓƵ Twitter followers to nominate their favourites.Here are 10 of the early UK frontrunners (in no particular order).10. University of...
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Mature student numbers ‘hit record level’
A record number of mature students have been accepted into higher education so far this year, new figures show.