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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 ߣߣƵ 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 ߣߣƵ'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
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Lead on UUK - we'll follow
Our vice-chancellor has described himself as "gobsmacked" after learning from research by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education that Universities UK is not regarded by academics as...
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Concordat will not call for new integrity overseer
Research funders’ long-awaited “concordat” on research integrity deliberately steers clear of “heavy-handed regulation”, one of its authors has said.
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Leader: Charge of the elite brigade
In a sector beset by financial uncertainty, the gap between the richest and the poorest institutions looks set to widen
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Research Intelligence - Body of data is the envy of the world
UK Biobank offers treasure trove of genetic information to researchers. Paul Jump reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
• Higher education has a new and unlikely champion: Noel Edmonds. The man responsible for Deal or No Deal and Mr Blobby has apparently offered to fund the doctoral studies of a Canterbury Christ...
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From where I sit - Time's not on our side
There were problems with the Japanese national unified college entrance examinations this year. In these tests, held over one weekend in January, final-year high school students sat multiple-choice...