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22 December 2011
A lot of loose ends - Can Hefce knit together all the duties planned for it?
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University Alliance names new chair – and a new member
The vice-chancellor of the University of the West of England has been elected as the new chair of the University Alliance as the mission group expands its membership to 24 institutions.
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Christmas comes early for Scottish universities with hike in funding
The funding settlement for Scottish universities for the next academic year has been welcomed by Universities Scotland and the National Union of Students.
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Inside Higher Ed: The Lure of the City
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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Welsh education minister emphasises importance of mergers
Welsh universities must merge if they are to be sustainable, the minister for education has reaffirmed.
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Cambridge strikes deal to cream off top Chinese engineering students
The University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge have struck up a new partnership to recruit engineering students from mainland China.
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Oxbridge admissions statistics show four in five students are white
Well over four fifths of students admitted to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge last year were white, statistics show.
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Humanities courses lead to career success, says Grayling ahead of private college launch
Sixty per cent of leading public figures in the UK have humanities, social science or arts degrees, a new study has found.
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UCL challenges students' union over 'no confidence' campaign against provost
University College London’s senior administrative officer has pressed its students’ union to drop a motion of no confidence in the provost, Malcolm Grant.
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Berkeley targets middle classes with financial aid
The University of California, Berkeley has unveiled plans for a new financial aid scheme explicitly aimed at helping middle-class students with their tuition fees.
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Red tape costs FE colleges £180 million a year
Further education colleges could make “substantial” savings by cutting the costs of bureaucracy, according to the National Audit Office.
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UCL archaeology sets its sights on Qatar's fertile terrain
Attracting top scholars to the Gulf state's flagship campus is a priority, writes David Matthews in Doha
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News in brief
United StatesProbationary measuresA US higher education accreditation body has placed a university on probation for a year to deal with its financial problems. The measure placed on Fisk University...
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsBasic sciences• Award winner: Neil Spooner• Institution: University of Sheffield• Value: £86,263Neutron identification from tracks• Award winner: John Quinn•...