What a rip-off! US-style fees will undermine value for money here
Forget what the global rankings say: Europe is a worthier model for the UK as students there get a far better deal, argues Anthony Glees
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Let variety flourish
Julian Beer and colleagues warn that the U-Multirank ranking system lacks flexibility and will not reflect institutions' missions
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Top institutions in Mathematics
Top institutions in MathematicsData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 2001-28 February 2011Â InstitutionPapersCitationsHighly cited% highly cited...
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Object lessons in new shapes
Ceramicist and scholar Edmund de Waal argues for combining museum collections with recent work. Matthew Reisz reports
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Diary
LondonUn peu de tendresse bordel de merde!Canadian choreographer Dave St-Pierre has been a major force in the contemporary dance scene for more than five years, an enfant terrible whose work has...
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Close the door behind you
Our Corporate Director of Human ߣߣÊÓƵ, Louise Bimpson, has welcomed the news that University College London plans to outsource all its cleaning and security services.Ms Bimpson told our reporter...
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Bloody hell - is that art?
Yes, says Sally Feldman, of Tracey Emin's display of her own menstrual fluids
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Leader: Lab bench needs front bench help
The right state formula is needed to tackle the wasteful mismatch between so many trained scientists and so few jobs
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US unplugged: manifold benefits of disconnected learning
Momentum gathers behind efforts to reduce or ban online access during lectures. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
Parents, teachers and admissions officers will be hoping that a little stardust sprinkled by Michelle Obama will achieve what widening-participation initiatives have struggled to do: convince bright...
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From where I sit - 'Right attitude' to the workplace
This year, the graduate job market in Japan is the worst on record. That's the nature of records, of course: they keep being broken. But since the records only began in 1994, it's not that unusual...
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Appointments
University of HullSteven ErsserOne of the first academics to hold a chair in dermatology care has been appointed professor of nursing and dermatology care and dean of the Faculty of Health and Social...
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The Pick - Little Platoons
Political schooling
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No fixed address
A postdoctoral position was once the passport to a research post for life. But the inexorable growth in numbers of postdoctoral researchers means competition for academic careers is fierce. Paul Jump...
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Signs and wonders
The narrow focus of 'profane' media studies on semiotics and consumption ignores the extent to which culture is rooted in our deep yearning for the sacred, argues Eduardo de la Fuente