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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment programme• Award winner: Rachel Jordan• Institution: University of Birmingham• Value: £240,112Supported self-management for patients...
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Bank warns sector of default contagion risk
Unexpected institutional failure would accelerate 'polarised' borrowing trend. Simon Baker reports
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Whistle and we won't be able to come to you, or won't have to after all
Whistleblowers contacted England's funding council 18 times in the past two years, alerting it to allegations that included pressure being put on staff to lie during an audit and the manipulation of...
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Boo! Poo, ban Onan in the loo
Bizarre FoI requests waste university resources, say fatigued staff. David Matthews writes
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ITT cuts may force closures
Big reductions in teacher training places could see 'infrastructure lost for ever'. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Problem solved? Postgraduate research image of the year portrays high-tech solution to cancer puzzle
The winner of a university's Postgraduate Research Image of the Year posed the question: "Is technology the missing piece of the puzzle for cancer?"
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Shared savings plan to halve admin costs
London Metropolitan University is set to cut its administration costs by up to 50 per cent by sharing services with other institutions, bringing "some staff losses and some staff gains".
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We're so clever, students claim...
But undergraduates' confidence in their abilities isn't echoed by employers, as Jack Grove reports
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'Wrong statistic' blamed for Aimhigher's fall
Axed scheme had a wider reach than it was given credit for, attests academic. Jack Grove writes
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Learn from apartheid-era access initiatives, v-c advises UK institutions
British universities can learn lessons from the admissions reforms used in South Africa to recruit promising black students, a vice-chancellor has argued.
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At a 'natural' time, chief of 1994 Group bids farewell
Members of 'the sensible group' must now decide on its direction, Paul Marshall tells Simon Baker
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Branding-wise, it's pound-foolish
Using consultants an 'excellent way to waste time and money', says scholar. David Matthews writes
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News in brief
Student accommodationPrivate room serviceA university has transferred the management of its entire student accommodation to a private company under a 125-year agreement. The £230 million deal will...
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Value added answer
A sales tax dividend could be just the ticket for a US sector hit by wave after wave of state cuts, opines Hamid Shirvani
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Sins of omission: REF should give full picture for the taxpayers' sake
Allowing universities to cherry-pick the scholars they submit for assessment is bad news for transparency, argues Miles Hewstone