Quality retreat
Regarding your article on the balance between quality-related (QR) and research council funding ("Hands off the funding sacred cow?", 3 May): one major difference between the sources is the way that...
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Auntie exploitation
"Screwed" is how one of my colleagues referred to her experience with the BBC. Asked to set something up for The One Show, she willingly agreed, assuming she would be appropriately compensated for...
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Fair's unfair
The Funding with affordable income-based repayments (Fair) system may be anything but ("Graduates - ripe for investment?", 3 May). If it constituted debt bondage, it might be illegal and would...
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Sir Brandon Gough, 1937-2012
A leading businessman who went on to become a greatly valued "ambassador, guide and friend" to the University of East Anglia has died.Sir Brandon Gough was born in Merseyside on 8 October 1937 and...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
University of St AndrewsSatisfaction guaranteedScottish teenagers are more satisfied with life than many of their counterparts across Europe, according to a study into health inequalities. Jo Inchley...
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10 May 2012
Outdoor accessories - Do v-cs’ external roles and recompense serve staff and students as well?
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Queen’s Speech signals libel law ‘guided by public interest, not powerful interests’
But still no sign of higher education bill. Simon Baker and David Matthews report
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Hefce: let’s keep a closer eye on overseas collaborations
Universities’ overseas activities should come under closer scrutiny in the new risk-based quality assurance regime, England’s funding council has proposed.
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Campus Review: Conflicts of interest are not transparent, ߣߣƵn study finds
By Susan Woodward for Campus Review
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Inside Higher Ed: Tragedy, flexibility, graduation
By Mitch Smith for Inside Higher Ed
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Newport vice-chancellor to step down
The vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Newport, is to resign from his post for personal reasons at the end of this academic year.
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Scholars challenge OUP’s standards
A group of leading scholars has presented a petition to Oxford University Press calling on the renowned publisher to uphold what it describes as “basic scholarly standards”.
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Bologna not to taste of German critics
Reforms instigated by the Bologna Process are damaging German universities and producing lower-quality graduates, a conference has heard.
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Complex bursaries and waivers leave students on ‘cliff edge’
The different means-tested bursary and fee-waiver schemes introduced by universities to mitigate the impact of higher tuition fees on poorer students will create “further complexity”, including “...