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Academics rally in support of Aberystwyth vice-chancellor“It is very disappointing news for all those who care about the future of university administration going forward.”That was the reaction of...
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25 July 2013
The way we were - Scholars look back on seven decades of change
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The week in higher education
Universities and science minister David Willetts faces a long summer of uncertainty after David Cameron postponed a planned reshuffle that many observers predicted would see his two brains swapped...
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Leader - Two brains better than none
David Willetts is a rare politician who thinks and listens. It would be a blow to the sector if he were replaced
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Thorny problem
Research councils face criticism over decision to allow advisers to submit applications
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Globetrotting scholars film a ‘silent revolution’ in learning
Young academics quit their day jobs to document alternative higher education projects around the world
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Historical enlightenment
Study of the past gives Nick Hillman insight into policymaking dilemmas as well as personal and practical rewards
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Participation rates: now we are 50
Five scholars and a recent graduate look back on their experiences during a period when the sector changed for ever
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Aurora project plans to increase numbers of women in senior positions
Leadership Foundation head discusses major priority on his watch
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The Problem with Pleasure: Modernism and its Discontents, by Laura Frost
Gary Day delights in a critique that sweeps aside the perceived gulf between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture
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Is the Ivy League student recruitment model right for Britain?
Jon Marcus asks whether British universities would be wise to emulate the US elite
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Adelaide’s Humboldtian ideal
Warren Bebbington on a flexible response to the limits of growth
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Liverpool school gets HEI status
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has been officially designated as a higher education institution.
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Open access mandate narrowed in formal proposals
The UK funding councils have narrowed the scope of their proposed open access mandate for the post-2014 research excellence framework.
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White state-school pupils ‘less likely to go to university’
A greater proportion of Asian and black state-school pupils are entering higher education than their white peers, according to data released today