Big-brand sound is sweeter than Coke, rings truer than Vodafone
Harvard leads US universities in global list, but Oxbridge doesn't make grade. John Morgan writes
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Freedom a 'former value' in admin-led sector
Growing levels of performance management are threatening to destroy collegiate relationships between academics and administrators, a study has claimed.Burgeoning administration has already led to...
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Get out of your silos and muck in
Humanities and social sciences must cultivate new fields to win Euro cash. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Austerity’s reign in Spain may drive its researchers to greener pastures
Elite league's v-cs say Madrid's 25% cut to science will cause long-term harm. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Fundamental elements
The STFC's achievements offer a template for extracting the full value from UK research, suggests Keith Mason
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With the managers in charge, autonomy isn't what it used to be
The market, not academic freedom, is what our leaders have in mind when they seek to resist political interference, John Holmwood argues
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Russell Group split - shock claim
Our vice-chancellor claims to have "inside knowledge" on the rumour that some Russell Group members considered breaking away and forming their own super-elite subgroup after the original group was...
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Leader: Fast food does not nourish
As universities rush to provide value for money, something more precious - the time to think and digest ideas - could be lost
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Research intelligence - Biologist finds way through Brussels maze
Europe's first chief scientific adviser aims to inform policymakers and the public. Paul Jump reports
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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US debate heats up: just the job, or skills for life?
Technology posts go unfilled as academy restates the value of liberal arts degrees. Jon Marcus writes
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The week in higher education
The University of Aberdeen ducked any further accusations of promoting "quackery" by deciding against establishing a chair in a form of alternative medicine that advocates mistletoe as a cure for...
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From where I sit - Set course for deception
Scandals are hardly in short supply here, but the public and media were still shocked by the revelations that emerged during the national Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing...
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Odds and quads
These items form part of remarkable treasure trove found in the brickwork of an old fireplace last month when two maintenance workers were repairing the Brigham Hall dormitory at Mount Holyoke...
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Appointments
De Montfort UniversityJayne BrownA nurse who has dedicated her professional life to improving the care of older people and those with serious illnesses has been appointed professor in palliative care...