Bang for our bucks
Roger Brown ("Inequality? You ain't seen nothing yet", Letters, 30 August) identifies Edge Hill University as the worst funded higher education institution in the UK. There are specific reasons for...
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Ill-judged final word
Helen Sword's piece on academics writing for a wider audience ("Narrative trust", 6 September) omitted to mention some of the pitfalls.For example, the more carefully written a piece is, the more...
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Janet Altman, 1955-2012
A leading conference interpreter who went on to play a crucial role in the training of new generations of interpreters has died.Janet Altman was born in Manchester on 31 March 1955 and then moved to...
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Campus round-up
University of BathTo beat diabetes, sprintCouch potatoes are being sought to take part in research into Type 2 diabetes. Researchers at the University of Bath have shown that performing a couple of...
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London's distance learning division joins Coursera
The University of London has become the first higher education institution in England to offer courses via US-based online learning platform Coursera.
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Don't get mad, get even
"Instead of adding to the overall footprint we are looking at the whole envelope of estate in terms of its conditionality."
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Formal investigation launched into work at dean's lab
Cardiff University has confirmed that it is to launch a formal investigation into alleged research misconduct in the laboratory of its dean of medicine.
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Private dental school launched with Buckingham
The UK's first private dental school has been launched in conjunction with an independent university.
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Inside Higher Ed: 'Entry-level' job adverts unsettle academics in US
By Kaustuv Basu, for Inside Higher Ed
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Poll claims public in favour of cap on foreign students
More than two-thirds of people want to limit the number of foreign students admitted to Britain, an opinion poll has revealed.
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Oxford college devotes full-time post to access
A University of Oxford college has created a full-time academic post dedicated to encouraging bright state-school students to apply to competitive universities.
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Figures reveal huge drop in students starting university
The number of mainstream students set to start higher education courses in England this year is down 62,000, or 17 per cent, on last year's figures, analysis by ߣߣÊÓƵ suggests.
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Fee cap frozen in Wales for three years
The maximum annual tuition fee for universities in Wales is to be frozen at £9,000 for the next three years, the Welsh Government has announced.
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Private providers among those chosen for London Met students
Three of the 15 institutions initially chosen as potential destinations for London Metropolitan University's overseas students are commercial operators, it has emerged, after a £2 million fund was...