College is a different kind of battle for veterans
“I’m 25...I’m not here to party; I’m here to work.”This is how one student introduces himself to his tutors each semester at a private non-profit higher education institution in the US. He also...
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New Year Honours: higher education’s standouts
Tim Wilson, who retires today as vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, has been knighted in the New Year Honours.
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Tara Brabazon: Life lessons from Generation X
As its progenitors mature, popular culture is rising to the challenges of facing the inevitability of ageing, writes Tara Brabazon
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Hughes takes role of access champion
A senior Liberal Democrat who opposes tuition fees has been appointed to a new post that will see him work to encourage young people from poor backgrounds to go to university.
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Most of all beware ignorance
Scotland must stand against tuition fees and preserve universal state-supported access to higher education or risk a return to Dickensian darkness, argues Kate Smith
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Oxbridge ballots give resounding rebuff to employers’ USS proposals
Pensions ballots at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge saw more than 80 per cent of the staff members who voted rejecting the employers’ plans to cut benefits in the Universities Superannuation...
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UHI close to winning title
The Scottish Highlands and Islands could soon have their own university after the UHI Millennium Institute cleared a major hurdle on its way to securing university status.
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Chichester gives acting v-c the role permanently
The University of Chichester has appointed its acting vice-chancellor, Clive Behagg, to take over the role permanently.
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From where I sit: Loyalty tests
In cricket, as in other fields, choosing sides matters, writes Richard Bosworth
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Rationalised and regionalised: Welsh funding council plans for a leaner sector
The number of higher education institutions in Wales is to be cut from 11 to six within the next two years, the Welsh funding council has said.
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Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the Economy
When it comes to the value of monetary transactions, context is key, Natalie Gold writes
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Christmas in Nineteenth-century England
A.W. Purdue welcomes a spirited addition to the search for the source of our nostalgic Yuletide
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The Poetry Lesson
It's hard to know who the intended audience for this book is, partly because it's hard to know what kind of book this is. The latter ambiguity is certainly part of the point; indeed, The Poetry...
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How to Stop Living and Start Worrying: Conversations with Carl Cederström
Is death the possibility of impossibility, or the impossibility of possibility? This is the sort of question that Simon Critchley tussles with in this ostentatiously erudite book. It's about his life...
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The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power
Cary L. Cooper recommends a commanding approach that inspires people to want to do things