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United StatesWell-funded Korea move for UtahA US university’s trustees have approved a plan to open a branch campus in South Korea. With the support of subsidies from the South Korean government, the...
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In the flesh
Chester conference tackles image totems and taboos in the flesh. Matthew Reisz reports
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Social science’s value judgements
Disciplines must dare to ‘speak truth to powerful and powerless’, sociologist tells Matthew Reisz
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News in brief
Widening accessExtended pathways to lawA programme to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to become lawyers is being extended thanks to a £1.2 million grant from a charitable foundation...
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Humanities champion (with help from Hefce)
School of Advanced Study dean looks to humanities future after Hefce backing. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Letters
Working-time culture: no need for taught CVsI sympathise with Steve Sarson (“Students are sent to the rat race maze: syllabus is history”, Opinion, 21 March). Like him, I teach history undergraduates...
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REF panel chair aims to deliver home truths from abroad
Sciences Po job will not weaken commitment to UK assessment, says politics chair. Paul Jump reports
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Regional strategy to capture continental cash
Better regional R&D strategies needed to access structural funds, sector told. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Labour isn’t marketising
But business may have to write a bigger cheque, shadow minister indicates. John Morgan reports
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State lowers pay hurdle for overseas graduates
State lowers graduate pay hurdle as civil servant backs student migrants. David Matthews reports
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For-profit VAT break plans ‘are not broken’
The government says its plans to exempt for-profit higher education providers from VAT are developing, despite a Budget announcement postponing the proposals because of “significant concerns”.For-...
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One man and his jobs
Academic occupied positions simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. Paul Jump reports
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