Commission calls for postgraduate loan scheme
There is a "strong case" for a limited state-backed student loan scheme to be introduced for master's degree students, the Higher Education Commission has concluded.
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Inside Higher Ed: (Mis)Judging Female Scientists
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Pledge by universities on animal research
More than 40 scientific organisations, including 15 universities, have pledged to be more open about the animal research they carry out in the wake of an opinion poll indicating declining public...
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England must look to California on access, says Lord Rees
Students should be able to transfer from less selective universities to research intensive institutions as "common practice", according to Lord Rees, the Astronomer Royal.
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UCU leader to condemn fee rises at anti-austerity rally
The government’s education policies spread ignorance, not privilege, the general secretary of the University and College Union will tell an anti-austerity demonstration today.
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Home Office visa ban halts London Met shared services
London Metropolitan University has halted plans to outsource its support services after losing its licence to recruit overseas students.
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Starship enter prize: tech contest launches at Star Trek convention
Amidst warp drives, transporters and phasers there is one Star Trek technology that is close to becoming real – and organisers of the US-based X prize want UK researchers to make it happen.
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Doing Psychoanalysis in Tehran
An exploration of the 'Persian psyche' challenges Western preconceptions, finds Shahidha Bari
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Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad
Christina Hellmich ponders how a young, popular reformist was transformed into a brutal tyrant
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Romantic Things: A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud
This book is not only about William Wordsworth, it is also about John Clare, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Rainer Maria Rilke, John Ashbery, Seamus Heaney, J.M. Coetzee, W.G. Sebald, Michael Hamburger,...
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There and Back Again: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Origins of the Hobbit
Like the road in Bilbo Baggins' song, the Tolkien industry goes ever on. No self-respecting medievalist's pension plan is complete, it seems, without a "pop" book explaining how J.R.R. got it all...
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Friend or foe? Sector awaits the sharp end in US poll
Will Obama-Romney race end in higher education cuts regardless of victor? Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Chile's private 'success' is not a model for you to follow
Elizabeth Gibney meets the left-wing Chilean youth leader with a message for European students
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Alumni learning a serious business
Global survey shows how alma maters can connect with MBA crowd. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
Open accessFinch formulaThe Academy of Social Sciences plans to host a major conference looking at how implementing the Finch review on open access will affect the arts, humanities and social...