Broad courses give 'dying' subjects new lease of life
Aberdeen students buck trend and grab chance to study foreign languages. Hannah Fearn writes
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From beer to austerity, familiar scenes of panic on the streets
Founding fathers of 'moral panic' thesis discuss its modern manifestations. Matthew Reisz writes
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The liberal art of nation-building
A liberal arts education will help to strengthen the state of Israel, according to a think tank that plans to open Israel's first liberal arts college.
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It's the breadth that matters
Liberal arts degrees are appearing in the UK and arousing much interest. Protagonists claim that the wide-ranging education provides more rounded individuals who are better prepared for modern...
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Mixed reception
The high tuition fees paid by overseas students are an attractive source of revenue in these straitened times. But will higher education reforms change all that? Matthew Partridge investigates
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Reality checks
Academics have long been criticised for being out of touch with the real world. Matthew Reisz finds that many make great efforts to dispel ivory tower attitudes, but others believe such habits will...
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Film review: The Next Three Days
Duncan Wu suspends his disbelief to enjoy Russell Crowe as a gun-toting, all-action college teacher
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TV review: Wing and a prayer
The butterfly encourages people's imagination to take flight, says Gary Day, but are its days numbered?
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23 December 2010
Back in vogue - Is liberal arts study the ideal education for the 21st century?
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Sutton Trust: keep Offa independent and boost its powers
The university access watchdog must remain an independent body and should be given “real teeth”, according to an influential education charity.
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Scottish teaching grant is decimated
Scottish universities will have their teaching grant cut by about 10 per cent next year, following a decision to reduce funding while maintaining student numbers.
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Inside Higher Ed: He won’t censor himself
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Grant letter reveals extent of cuts
Teaching funding for universities is to fall by 6 per cent in cash terms from £4.9 billion to £4.6 billion next year, and the government is planning a cut of 23 per cent the following year when...
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Opposing sides of Venezuela’s academy clash over policy and budgets
Venezuelan higher education is in a state of upheaval, with protests highlighting uncertainty over the future of its “autonomous” (traditional public) universities.
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Southwest union rises to Welsh minister’s challenges
Two universities have agreed in principle to merge and create a single institution for southwest Wales.