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University accessFive go mad in OxbridgeFive high-flying schools sent more students to Oxbridge over three years than 2,000 other UK schools and colleges put together, a report by the Sutton Trust...
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Direction of travel raises hopes of US-Cuban détente
Academic exchanges back on the agenda as Obama relaxes visa laws. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Deconstructing debt
Higher fees will lead to greater student indebtedness, so we need new ways to 'sell' this fact, argues Kathryn Jones
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In ourselves we trust: if quality is the aim, think outside the tick-box
What can a Dutch traffic experiment show us about higher education teaching standards? Rather a lot, Gary Thomas and Nick Peim insist
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Manet, the Man who Invented Modernity
Christoph Bode gains perspective on a French master and admires an inspirational relationship between the brothers Caillebotte
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Diary
LeicesterSpreading the Word: Aids Posters from Around the WorldIt is 30 years since the identification of Aids, and the anniversary is being marked by an exhibition at the New Walk Museum (from 15...
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The Pick - Books & Babies
Books & BabiesCambridge University LibraryA scholar sits at a plush desk as a woman in a see-through wrap parades before him. This enticing image forms the frontispiece to a 19th-century edition...
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Dead don shock
We very much regret to report the death by stabbing of one of Poppleton's leading academics.According to unconfirmed reports, Doctor T.W. Petherbridge, of our Department of Medieval History, met his...
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Leader: Give them incentives to improve
Teaching is vital, and practitioners should be accomplished in it. But converts to teacher training will not be won by compulsion
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Research intelligence - Transatlantic affair of the heart takes off in big way
Paul Jump meets the pair whose desire to work together grew into the novel Yale UCL Collaborative
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No, we can't: US' 2020 vision for graduate rates is failing
Cuts and political opposition conspire to thwart Obama's college plan. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
• Despite his donnish air, David Willetts continues to take a kicking from academics, with the University of Leeds becoming the second institution to register a vote of no confidence in him. The...
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From where I sit - Collective judgement
In New Zealand, a unique process where all universities must collectively approve all new degree programmes shows that collegiality can thrive, even in a competitive education environment.New Zealand...
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Appointments
University of LeicesterPeter LuntLocal boy Peter Lunt has returned to his home town to take up a post as professor of media and communication at the University of Leicester. He said he was delighted...
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Oxford steadfast on Murdoch links
University attests to 'full scrutiny' of endowment from News International. John Morgan reports