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The journal review system's lack of transparency worries Stephen Mumford
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Elite feel pinch of AAB shortfall
Institutions lose students and funds as admissions policy backfires. John Morgan and Jack Grove write
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Stealth fighters rail against concentration on the quiet
Brickbats for additional £10 million in open-access cash aimed at big boys. Paul Jump writes
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Faith and hope in £2 billion of charity by 2022
Charitable donations to universities could treble to £2 billion a year within a decade if institutions continue to invest in fundraising, a report has claimed.The Review of Philanthropy in Higher...
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PhD teaching quid pro quo without the quid (or goes)
UEL students' open letter signals wider problems with provision. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Pendulum stops as St Mary's drops hypnosis
The UK's only undergraduate degree course in hypnosis has been scrapped after an investigation by regulators revealed serious problems with teaching and assessment.St Mary's University College...
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Wired campus key to student recruitment
Universities are under increasing pressure to offer incoming students access to state-of-the-art technology because of the increased fees they are being asked to pay, according to a report published...
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Deficit puts pension scheme in jeopardy
Experts predict 'unsustainable' USS fund will close within 10 years. Jack Grove reports
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Institution denies taking tougher line on academics who 'under-perform'
Union claims Birmingham introduced new regime without consultation. Paul Jump writes
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Median holds the message
Aspiring journalists must learn to ask probing questions of digital data as well as people, recommends Louise Byrne
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The 'gold standard' of Grayling is not struck from an Oxbridge mint
New College of the Humanities' pedagogic model has only a passing resemblance to the ancient universities' teaching, argues Julia Horn
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'He cites me, hard, forcing my footnotes apart...'
The Fifty Shades phenomenon has spawned academic debate, scholarly parodies and now an erotic trilogy starring a dark, brooding, sensual...lecturer. Matthew Reisz reveals all
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'Spend, spend, spend' - marketing head's advice
"Someone is waking up and smelling the coffee!" That was the reaction of our Head of Marketing, Graham Flair, to the forecast by Tim McIntyre-Bhatty, deputy vice-chancellor of Bournemouth University...
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Stay-at-home students need help to get moving
European universities need to improve their efforts to help doctoral students and academics spend time abroad, a report by the European University Association has found.
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Leader: Bring forth the body of evidence
It is outrageous that Whitehall remains reliant on an inaccurate system to measure overseas students' comings and goings