Speaking our language
I write in response to David Head's letter (9 September) regarding cuts in the modern languages department at Swansea University. As the education officer at Swansea Students' Union, I will be on the...
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STEM is not a special case
It is a pity that contributors from various scientific societies in the letter to THE (9 September) chose to distort my research on the relationship between economic growth and participation in...
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23 September 2010
Spiritual accommodation - Is there a place for the faithful in the academy?
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Talking about a revolution: Cable wants to tear down walls between higher and further education
The “artificial” barriers between universities and further education should be swept away in a bid to a create a “revolution” in post-16 education and training, Vince Cable has told the Liberal...
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How to get students through their PhD thesis
Tara Brabazon shares her 10-step regime for steering emotionally drained postgraduate students through the final stages of their thesis
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Science funding cuts will devastate economy, warns Brian Cox
One of Britain’s best-known physicists has attacked government plans to severely cut the science budget as “ludicrous”, warning of a devastating impact on the UK economy.
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Inside Higher Ed: A Truly Bookless Library
By Steve Kolowich for Inside Higher Ed
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End of tuition fees is near, says Hughes
A coalition government agreement to abolish tuition fees in England and replace them with a system closer to a graduate tax is near and simply needs edging “over the line”, Simon Hughes, the Liberal...
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Major donation funds new school for ‘leaders of tomorrow’
Europe’s first major academic school of government, which opens today at the University of Oxford, has been bankrolled by one of the largest philanthropic gifts received by the institution in its 900...
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Close to the bone: Irish funding cuts spell crisis for sector
After two years of staff losses further reductions will hurt quality, universities warn. Hannah Fearn writes
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Postdoctoral scientists urged to spread their wings
Postdoctoral research scientists should look elsewhere for fruitful careers as the financially stretched academy increasingly cannot accommodate them, delegates at the British Science Festival heard...
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World University Rankings 2010-11 methodology
Robust, transparent and sophisticated Phil Baty explains how in-depth consultation with the global academic community has produced the most exact and relevant world rankings yet devised It is, of...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Social Sciences methodology
The ߣߣƵ World University Rankings’ Social Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list of...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Physical Sciences methodology
The ߣߣƵ World University Rankings’ Physical Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list...
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Subject Ranking 2010-11: Life Sciences methodology
The ߣߣƵ World University Rankings’ Life Sciences subject ranking includes a wide range of narrower subject areas, defined by our data partners Thomson Reuters. The full list of ...