IPPR director Nick Pearce to head up Bath policy institute
Former head of No 10 Policy Unit to be professor of public policy at the university
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US legal case puts university employee relationships under scrutiny
What policies, if any, should govern romance between colleagues?
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Ireland’s universities top international student satisfaction rankings
Republic of Ireland has highest satisfaction scores among international students, survey finds
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China slowdown a ‘serious’ risk for US graduate schools
European Association for International Education conference hears crisis, coupled with domestic problems, threatens ‘jewel in the crown’ of US sector
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Africa student mobility is starting to soar, say scholars
Continent’s youthful population will soon require many more university places, with high numbers likely to study outside their home country
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Top 25 UK universities for graduate employment
London institutions top Good University Guide 2016 list based on graduate job prospects
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The Times and Sunday Times reveal their top UK universities 2016
Surrey and Sussex make strides in Good University Guide 2016
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Hefce to pilot standardised student tests
Exams could measure 'learning gain' but may also form part of planned teaching excellence framework
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OECD’s Ahelo will fail to launch, says education director
Project to measure learning outcomes globally could have got off the ground ‘if UK had signed on’
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Refugee student applications ‘testing credential checks’
Very few US universities have policies to deal with growing number of stateless people seeking a chance to study
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News blog: what’s the difference between Oxford and Cambridge?
John Morgan looks at the differences between Cambridge and Oxford on the £9,000 tuition cap – and the idea of ‘going private’
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Deirdre McCloskey: ideas, not capital, are root cause of development
Maverick economist explains ‘why the modern world happened’
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Failure is an option: six ways to deal with it
Failing is part of being an academic, says John Tregoning, so we should be ready for it
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A-level axe for creative writing prompts fury
Academics teaching the subject at university say it needs a place on school curricula as well
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News blog: Ig Nobel research tackles dinosaur chickens and unboiled eggs
Studies on urine, pain thresholds and unboiled eggs honoured in annual awards for improbable research. John Elmes takes a look