TV review: Those Who Kill
Matt Hills enjoys spotting the overlap as the Danish crime genre continues to bring home the bacon
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Daphne Brooker, 1927-2012
Described by former students as a "one-woman dynasty" and by colleagues as a standard-setter in her discipline, Daphne Brooker had a reputation for driving students to maximise their potential.After...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Campus round-up
University of KentDoctoral study of crime paysA university has received almost 80 applications for a three-year doctoral programme in cultural and global criminology, which is being supported by...
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1 March 2012
Myths and monsters - Mapping the terra incognita of the UK’s private sphere
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Settlement boost for PhD-level students
The Home Secretary has exempted PhD-level jobs from a new pay threshold preventing lower-paid workers from settling in the UK.
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'Little evidence' that wider access succeeds on underprivileged, researchers claim
The expansion of higher education over the past 15 years has largely benefited middle-class rather than working-class children, a study has suggested.
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UUK renews appeal to government on student visas
Nearly two thirds of people underestimate the value of international students to the UK economy, a new poll has found.
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Internships for all students, government review urges
All undergraduates should be offered 10 to 12 week internships to improve their employability, according to a government-commissioned review of links between universities and business.
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UK state school students encouraged to study in US
The Sutton Trust has launched a US version of its summer school camps to give UK students the chance to study at an American university.
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Inside Higher Ed: Santorum’s attacks on higher education
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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University reputations built up over years are vulnerable as never before
At first there was much hilarity. When I was named this month among the top 15 “most influential” people in education by The ߣߣƵn newspaper, the jokes came thick and fast: “You’re only the...
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University keeping link with A4e ‘under continual review’
Glyndwr University and controversy-hit recruitment company A4e have agreed they need more time to negotiate a partnership that would see the institution validate the firm’s awards.
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‘Beyond the call of duty’: lecturers top unpaid overtime figures
Teachers and lecturers are more likely to work unpaid overtime than workers in any other occupation, according to union figures.
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Huddled masses yearning to study faster and cheaper: US students head for UK
A record number of Americans are studying at British universities, new data show.