Serious business: framework is unveiled
Government’s long-term plan for sector outlines greater industrial involvement in courses and governance. Melanie Newman reports
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The insecure scholar: Carrying on regardless isn’t an option
A plan is needed for when my contract comes to an end
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Negative remarks about degrees earned ex-standards chief a dressing-down
Former QAA head says row is leading to a significant shift in quality assurance. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Excellence requires autonomy, say conference speakers
Freedom from government interference is crucial to building world-class universities, an international gathering has heard. Phil Baty reports from Shanghai
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Different pipers, same tune
1994 Group chief warns that the sector must dance to the music of ‘value for money’ whether Labour or the Conservatives lead. Melanie Newman reports
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Not just child’s play
University curriculums should include an experience akin to online gaming, which could provide an edge in the jobs market, say Graham Manville and Janice Rippon
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Nutt sacked by Home Secretary
Government cracks down after distinguished scientist’s remarks about cannabis. Zoë Corbyn reports
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New data partner for World University Rankings
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Critical thinking
The decline of criticism is not democratising: it threatens the development of culture itself, argues Tiffany Jenkins
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Mergers fail to boost FE standards, says Ofsted
Pairing poor-performing colleges with higher education institutions is not improving provision significantly. John Morgan reports
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Book of the week: Wannabe U: Inside the Corporate University
An indictment of today's academy strikes a chord with Susan Bassnett
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Turnaround: Leading Stressed Colleges and Universities to Excellence
A survey of strategies used by US institutions in hard times gives John Coyne a helpful heads-up
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The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
In the preface to this formidable biography, sure to enthral all those interested in theories of revolution, Tristram Hunt claims that Engels has "been excised from the popular memory", which may...
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The Canon. All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity By Marshall Berman
Marshall Berman's book was first published in the UK in 1983 by Verso and it had an immediate impact. Perry Anderson wrote an 18-page review in New Left Review that was respectful - "surely ... a...
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Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women
Julia Droeber sympathises with a passionate treatise against the reasons given for covering up