Calling all eurocrats: direct funds can stop continental drift
EU statute for Europe's academy needed to arrest economic decline. Hannah Fearn reports
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American recruitment body rejects 'naive' calls to 'eliminate' the agents
Claims that overseas-recruitment agents should be "eliminated" have provoked anger from a US body developing standards of ethical practice in the area.In an interview with ߣߣƵ,...
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Presidents select: hail to the chiefs
British scholars rate leaders of the free world: George W. Bush also ran. Matthew Reisz reports
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Scholars, come home
Philip G. Altbach and Wanhua Ma assess China's initiatives to persuade its academics working abroad to bring their expertise back
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Defeated by violence and silence
Why has resistance to the government's plans for universities failed? Alastair Hudson decries the state's success in painting legitimate protest as riot
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When the kids are united
Recent marches by schoolchildren against tuition-fee hikes and budget cuts signal the revival of a long and illustrious tradition of pupil protests in Britain, Clive Bloom observes
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Putting reality back into the equation
Blind faith in the magic of numbers played a major role in the financial crash. Education must change to ensure that mathematicians have their feet firmly planted on the ground, Chris Ormell argues
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Film review: Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler is well served by a wry and affecting adaptation of his final novel, Duncan Wu says
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TV review: Points of view
Gary Day is startled by an art critic's approach to the work, life and loves of John Constable
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20 January 2011
Set to burst - Can kettling keep a lid on student protest and anti-government anger?
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‘Violent’ accusation: Tory MP takes aim at UCU
A Conservative MP has attacked the University and College Union for supporting “violent and illegal protest” in a move described by the union as a smear ahead of a key Commons vote.
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Learning on the job: social work watchdog demands better placements
The social work watchdog is urging universities to drive up the quality of work placements for students after two-thirds of providers were asked to make improvements.
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Inside Higher Ed: How not to deal with a student mother
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Have-less versus have-lots: Erasmus Scheme’s ‘unfairness gap’ criticised
The Erasmus Scheme was set up in 1987 with the admirable aim of increasing academic mobility within Europe.Via the funding of exchange programmes for students and staff, the scheme involves 90 per...
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Ledger in the black: KPMG unveils paid alternative to full-time study
Students will receive a generous salary and have their tuition fees and accommodation costs met while studying at Durham University under a recruitment programme announced by the accountancy giant...