AUA to grade its members
Administrators to get status for good 'behaviours' in accreditation scheme. David Matthews writes
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Norse code
Academic study of these runes on the island of Orkney is among the work that is helping to boost the University of the Highlands and Islands' international standing in the field of Viking studies.
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QAA's new riff on student feedback: positive notes or waves of jargon?
Sector experts cool on 'bureaucratic' engagement plans proposed by watchdog. Jack Grove reports
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Capital funds follow places to FE colleges
Some capital funding for universities is being reallocated to further education colleges as a result of the government's core-and-margin system.
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The ifs and buts of a potential takeover
Finance school's vice-principal is keener on a level playing field than private suitors, John Morgan hears
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Complaints over standards on hypnosis course earn QAA scrutiny
Investigation sparked by questions about staff qualifications and contact hours. Jack Grove writes
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Austerity knocks, sociology listens
Scholars restate the public value of their discipline in age of shrinking mobility. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Impact agendaLend us your earsPlaces are available for an evening forum at Shakespeare's Globe in central London to discuss research impact. The 19 April event - hosted by ߣߣÊÓƵ and...
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News in brief
United StatesMore fool themAn April Fool's Day edition of an independent student newspaper has been criticised for trivialising rape, drug use and prostitution. The Boston University paper The Daily...
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Colombia all ears after students vote with their feet
State to consult public, staff and students over disputed university reforms. Graham Jarvis writes
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Soldiers of fortune: for-profits reap federal spoils
For-profit higher education firms received half of all spending from a US government programme that allows military servicemen and women to study while on active duty, according to figures released...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment programme• Award winner: Emma Loveman• Institution: University of Southampton• Value: £150,850Treatments for idiopathic pulmonary...
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A home of one's own
As Feminist Review celebrates its 100th issue, Mary Evans assesses its lasting contribution to academic debate
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Debt collection, but without the defaults and the destitution
Bruce Chapman, who pioneered ߣߣÊÓƵ's income-contingent student loans, is keen to see the system applied in other spheres
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A case of double Dutch
Nicola Dandridge is sceptical of press reports on the boom in British students heading to the Netherlands for a university education