Florida ever-blades: state bleeds after deep cuts
Republicans at loggerheads with Democrats and Moody's over retrenchment. Graham Jarvis writes
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Online pressure builds as Obama urged, 'open up'
Open-access advocates have attempted to build up a head of steam in the US by launching a petition on the White House website calling on the Obama administration to require all publicly funded...
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Architects of a nation have to lay down solid foundations
South Sudan's fledgling universities need money - and educated young people - to survive. Graham Jarvis reports
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment programme• Award winner: Chris Hollis• Institution: University of Nottingham• Value: £188,092Clinical effectiveness and patient...
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Outside edge
Give independent scholars their funding due, says Peter Geoghegan: while the academy is 'rethinking', they are busy doing
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Indian postgrads shun UK sector
Rise in non-EU applications masks problem with key market, THE poll finds. John Morgan reports
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Free school meal deal could leave participation funding cupboard bare
Introducing a "student premium" to encourage more teenagers from disadvantaged families to attend university may lead to cuts in support for mature or part-time students, sector figures have warned.
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Fees raise appeal of land of the free
Shocked by price rises, UK students are looking carefully at US universities. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Ucas chief: contextual data are unreliable
Lowering university offers to reflect social deprivation may be misguided because decisions are being based on unreliable data, the head of the UK's admissions body has warned.
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Watch the birdie
The sole surviving chick from a pair of peregrine falcons nesting on a Nottingham Trent University building has been cooed over by more than half a million people since its first appearance via the...
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Teesside dean criticised for email guidance on 'maximising performance'
A university has defended a senior manager who encouraged staff to improve student-completion rates by resubmitting work, giving "generous" deadline extensions and passing assignments before they had...
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Income assessment: business stream benefits sector
UK universities made £1.1 billion through research contracts with businesses and non-commercial organisations in 2010-11, according to Higher Education Statistics Agency data.
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Sector may pay the price for privatised student halls
Pennywise, brand foolish? Warning that universities could rue loss of control. David Matthews writes
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Slumdogs, meet the millionaires
Matthew Reisz talks to the researcher who wants to find out if 'slum tourism' has any useful purpose
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