Gove calls for students to be ranked on A-level scores
Research on the evidence for A-level grade inflation has prompted claims that elite universities are being damaged.
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Iraqi Kurdish scholars put gender theory to the test
Matthew Reisz on a UK-supported research centre helping tackle violence against women in Kurdistan
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Measure of free school meals is seen as 'unfair'
The switch from measuring widening participation via students' socio-economic classification to free school meal data is not fair, an admissions expert has said.
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Base expands Chinese link
A university aims to attract research investment with 'collaborative centre'. John Morgan writes
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News in brief
MalaysiaWatchdog bites private sectorThe Malaysian government has fined a record number of private universities and vowed to tighten up oversight of the sector following concerns over academic...
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F1000 journals: rank hypocrisy?
Begun as a counterweight to journal impact tables, Faculty of 1000 starts its own. Paul Jump writes
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News in brief
Open-access publishingCORE melds UK repositoriesA search engine that allows researchers to search all of the papers held in the UK's 142 open-access repositories has been developed by The Open...
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Last of the free: will Norway's universal no-fee policy endure?
Conservatives are keen to follow Swedish, Danish lead in charging non-EU students. Jack Grove writes
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Teaching intelligence - Forward march with standards held high
Supporting reconstruction in Iraq drove home the value of teaching, an HEA Fellow tells Jack Grove
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Services Research (NIHR HSR) programme• Award winner: Paul Roderick• Institution: University of Southampton• Value: £360,490A national study of practice...
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A league apart
University rankings are inapplicable to the developing world and risk doing damage there, argues Adam Habib
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A footnote - Far from it, publishers are key in advancing scholarship
Journal owners want academics to work with them towards the shared goal of furthering and disseminating research, says Graham Taylor
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The madness of kings
The longer one wears the crown, the more tyrannical he becomes - a senior academic offers a theory of vice-chancellors' behaviour
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Plug in - but tune in, too
An iPad or Kindle does not magically improve education, says Cathy Davidson
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Universities could be in private hands 'in six months'
Mooted change in legal status may allow investors to obtain degree-awarding powers. John Morgan writes