Union: you'll never take our freedom
UCU Scotland congress rejects 'liberalisation and marketisation'. Hannah Fearn reports
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Gloucestershire v-c resigns amid conflicting views on financial health
Claim of place on 'road to recovery' not supported by internal figures. Melanie Newman reports
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'Mutual trust' a matter of principle for scientists
Groups representing scientists are divided in their response to the new requirement that independent scientific advisers must not undermine the "mutual trust" they have with the government if they...
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UK institutions fail global test, v-c claims
Not a single UK university meets all the requirements for being a truly international institution, according to the vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol.Speaking at the Going Global...
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New breed revs up with globalisation...
... but teaching institutions and those in poor nations could be left behind. John Morgan reports
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Collaboration may not measure up in competitive 'alpha-male' rankings
Conference considers the pros and cons of world university league tables, writes John Morgan
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China aims to increase foreign cooperation
China's emerging new education policy will aim to produce employable graduates with "international perspectives" by stepping up cooperation with foreign universities.Tian Xiaogang, minister...
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East v West and other conference sessions
Is internationalisation a Western construct?Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, the vice-chancellor of University Sains Malaysia, argued that if internationalisation really was solely about the exchange of...
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Daytime TV: Degrees of freedom
Feminists may complain about the objectification of women, says Gary Day, but they haven't been to Kabul
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Field rankings for Spain
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-December 2009
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He's in the money!
Yes, it's hippity-hop-hurrah for this year's Easter bunny - our very own vice-chancellor, seen here celebrating his record-breaking third place in the newly published league table of vice-chancellors...
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Jumping through hoops
Alan Ryan on the US academy's annual lotteries, both scholarly and athletic
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Research intelligence: Now what have we here?
The police want more research into fighting crime to reach frontline officers and practices. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Off piste: Persistence pays...
...or, why cars have speedometers. 'Persistent violator' Lou Marinoff on nirvana in the fast lane, governmental highway robbery and the dazzlingly effective absent-minded-professor defence