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Leader: Freedom - but only over fees
Lord Browne's rhetoric is all about freeing universities, but his plans could result in 'a state-controlled and regulated industry'
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From where I sit - Trips and falls of the tongue
Germans, and indeed other non-native speakers, desperately need and want to publish in English. The result is that many foreign scholars write papers in English, and with mixed linguistic results....
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Maurice Line, 1928-2010
A leading figure in the world of librarianship has died.Maurice Line was born in Bedford on 21 June 1928 and educated at Bedford School before studying classics at Exeter College, Oxford.He embarked...
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Brain surgery is dangerous
Kevin Fong argues that cutting science funding will be bad for Britain
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Research intelligence - Charges of the open brigade
Publishers' profits in an open-access world the subject of much debate. Paul Jump reports
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Sorry, non comprendo, I'm British
Modern languages should be a passport to life, so why are so few students queuing up to learn them? In a special report on Britain's linguistic skills gap, Matthew Reisz discovers that, globally...
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We need to put the case for languages, and universities should lead the way
Michael Worton, who has chronicled the beleaguered state of modern languages, argues that in an age of global citizenship it must be revitalised
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Far from the final word on Browne's review 1
There is a serious contradiction at the heart of Lord Browne of Madingley's review of higher education ("Lord of the market: let competition and choice drive quality", 14 October).On the one hand,...
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Far from the final word on Browne's review 2
There is another downstream effect to be considered if, as Browne seems to wish, future graduates from English universities are to find themselves burdened with post-graduation debts of £30,000 or...
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Far from the final word on Browne's review 3
One key statement in the Browne Review has not been widely reported: "Businesses will not be compelled to contribute more - they contribute by rewarding graduates with higher wages." Presumably these...
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Far from the final word on Browne's review 4
Currently, more than 180,000 students in about 280 further education colleges are following higher education programmes, representing 10 per cent of total student numbers in higher education.The...
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Far from the final word on Browne's review 5
There is a real danger that the impact of the Browne Review's recommendations on access to higher education for those from lower-income groups will slip down the agenda in the forthcoming weeks. But...
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Far from the final word on Browne's review 6
Drawing parallels between contemporary UK politics and British colonialism in India, Africa and New Zealand may be unpalatable for the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives in the coalition government...
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Far from the final word on Browne's review 7
After the Browne Review and in these austere times, I have come to the regrettable conclusion that vice-chancellors are uneconomic and will need to be phased out. If a figurehead is needed at any...