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News in brief
Lifelong learningMPs back more adult educationMore than 100 MPs have signed an early day motion lamenting the loss of 1.4 million adult-education places over the past two years and calling for more...
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Post-92 boards are set to shrink
DIUS to allow governing bodies with fewer staff and student members. Melanie Newman reports
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Take up the green challenge
Climate change is one of the gravest threats of our age, but universities are helping to tackle it, writes David Lammy
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Ministers won't say the F-word - it's up to us to make the case for fees
Universities must tell the public why higher top-ups are needed because the lily-livered Government will not, Anna Fazackerley says
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Denham: elite to get lion's share of future research funding
The results of 14 independent reviews of higher education are in. John Denham, the Universities Secretary, now wants to establish a coherent vision for the future of UK higher education. This will be...
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Backing for appliance of science to UK strengths
The Government will push ahead with its controversial plan to align research funding with the UK's future industrial strengths.The plan could see funding concentrated on fields that are considered...
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The week in higher education
They may be unlikely bedfellows, but the transfer market between higher education and the Football Association was back in business last week. Last year, Lord Triesman, a Tottenham Hotspur fan,...
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Denham to draw up 15-year framework for the future
Universities Secretary says debate on tuition-fee levels will have to wait. Rebecca Attwood reportsJohn Denham, the Universities Secretary, has defended the Government's decision to refuse to engage...
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BAE pulls plug on £8.4m joint research project
Engineering giant BAE Systems is to terminate a multimillion-pound joint academic-industry research programme because it is not meeting the "near-term requirements" of its businesses, Times Higher...
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Post-92s could lose cash for PhD students
Million+ calls Hefce curbs on research degree programme funding 'perverse'. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Up to one in four staff are facing the axe at beleaguered London Met
Staff and unions shocked as the number of jobs at risk jumps by 70 per cent, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Action against union official is dropped
Disciplinary action against a senior union officer at London Metropolitan University who left campus without permission to conduct union work has been dropped.Amanda Sackur, chair of the University...
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Cuts start to bite across the country
The University of Bristol has warned that it may have to make staff redundant despite making a £6.1 million surplus in the past financial year.In a letter to staff this month, Eric Thomas, the vice-...