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The Week in Higher Education
Heads have rolled at the fiasco-struck Student Loans Company - but not, however, the head's head. Two senior executives resigned from their posts after a damning report into this autumn's delays in...
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Hefce budget to be slashed by £915m over three years
Cut in the unit of resource equates to £190 per student. John Morgan and Melanie Newman report
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Access could mean C grades earn top place
Students from deprived backgrounds could be accepted to Russell Group and 1994 Group universities with C grades at A level when As are normally required if they complete an online programme aimed at...
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A fine balance - but not all can manage it
Study says department heads are a mix of jugglers, strugglers and copers. Melanie Newman reports
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STFC could lose oversight of international links
Responsibility for subscriptions to international facilities could be taken out of the hands of the Science and Technology Facilities Council and given to central government.The shift is being...
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UHI's principal aims to deliver a healthy next-generation university
James Fraser wants more cash to benefit students constrained by geography. Olga Wojtas reports
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Odds and quads
Although it was his polymath brother Frederick who was known as Britain's answer to Leonardo da Vinci, George Lanchester was an eminent engineer in his own right.He hand-whittled this striking...
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'Wow' students to maintain the library's central position
Professor calls for radical rethink to give 'digital natives' what they need. Matthew Reisz writes
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New Year Honours 2010
The following figures from higher education have been recognised in this year’s list:Knights BachelorRobert George Burgess. Vice-chancellor, University of Leicester. For services to local and...
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Grant winners: Hot Papers from India
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1999-31 August 2009
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A good shepherd guides gently
Graeme Harper says postgraduates need good supervisors, but they also need more recognition from universities and the GovernmentWhat makes a good supervisor? Do you want a no-holds-barred answer? OK...
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Battered but unbowed
Bahram Bekhradnia discusses his experiences as an observer of Palestine's universities. Despite the manifold dangers posed by the Israeli occupation, they continue to succeed against the odds unbowed
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Journey of the sole - My Eureka moment
A photography student's holiday snaps and a trip to the traffic-free streets of Mozambique led Caroline Knowles to embark on a project tracing the route to market of the common plastic flip-flop
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Don’t allow ‘climate of fear’ to develop
NUS calls for calm as investigations at UCL continue into radical Islam claims. Rebecca Attwood reports