Plan eyes incentives to help the economy
Mandelson's talk of sector raising skills in key economic areas worries leaders. John Gill reports
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Masters for less than high-flyers
Business school says poor degree results are no bar to students applying for postgraduate study
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Hefce backs off citations in favour of peer review in REF
Research assessments in hard sciences will now be 'informed' by bibliometrics. Zoe Corbyn writes
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A levels are failing students, says think-tank
Universities should assume control of A levels because the qualification no longer requires candidates to think for themselves and fails to prepare future students for tertiary education.A report...
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Pinker leads international attack on UCL's 'unjust' treatment of scholar
Letter lends support to professor suspended over charges of insubordination. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Queen's Honours gives sector reasons to cheer
The head of the standards watchdog, Peter Williams, and the retired vice-chancellor of London South Bank University, Deian Hopkin, have been honoured by the Queen.Professor Hopkin, who is a member of...
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Deficit leads to plan to shut 16 courses
One London institution eyes job cuts, while others look at losses and pay. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Publisher 'threat' to open access
Elsevier approaches v-cs about taking repositories out of universities' hands. Zoe Corbyn reports
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News in brief
Stem subjectsProject to raise numbers kicks offA £20 million programme to raise the number of students graduating in science, technology, engineering and maths is to begin this summer. Details of the...
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Daytime TV: The personal touch
Gary Day is impressed by Barbara's sales technique but depressed by a less-than-funny satire
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No business like pork business
In a shock move, our vice-chancellor has transferred himself and all 250 members of our administrative staff to new offices within the Poppleton Pork Products factory.He told our reporter, Keith...
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Whose data is it anyway?
A PhD student's run-in with a senior researcher sets Tim Birkhead thinking
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: A breath of fresh air on campus
Institutions and individuals across academia are embracing the green agenda. But it's still a long way to go to sustainability
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From where I sit - An agenda of despair
As you enter Lille III (the Universite Charles de Gaulle's arts faculty), you are greeted with the words "Le Capitalisme etouffe nos facs! Tuons-le!" ("Capitalism is suffocating our universities! Let...