Common People: The History of an English Family, by Alison Light
Clare Griffiths on a fresh perspective of social and public history through the author鈥檚 personal investigation of her own genealogy
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Warwick academics 鈥榯reated like City traders鈥 with financial targets
UCU official attacks redundancy criteria at the university amid calls to reverse 鈥榙angerous鈥 process
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Time to test private colleges' efficiency
Andrew McGettigan considers the findings of the National Audit Office鈥檚 investigation into alternative providers
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Poppleton college slammed
Poppleton鈥檚 leading private for-profit higher education college, the Great British College of Business, Computing, Technology and Management, has been 鈥渟hamed鈥 in a new report from the government鈥檚...
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Coherent higher education policy? Far from it
Despite the introduction of postgraduate loans, the government鈥檚 education funding aims remain a puzzle, says Nigel Carrington
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It鈥檚 our duty to assess the costs of the REF
As we await the results of the research excellence framework 2014, it is time to reflect. The basic idea of identifying and directing research funding towards excellence must be right. Few would...
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Open days seen from the other side
Christopher Phelps views universities through new eyes when he accompanies his daughter on a tour of UK campuses
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Researcher volunteers for moral duty on Ebola鈥檚 front line
Shunmay Yeung of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine describes her part in fighting the viral outbreak in Sierra Leone
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Six trends in campus design
Landmarks, 鈥榮tarchitecture鈥, green reuse, city-centre strategies: Chris Parr on forces shaping the sector鈥檚 bricks and mortar
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One scholar鈥檚 crusade against the REF
The flawed research excellence framework is not a process of peer review in any meaningful sense, argues Derek Sayer, who appealed against his inclusion in the exercise
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鈥楾his is not a drill!鈥: countdown to the REF 2014
As the results of the research excellence framework approach, Emma Rees鈥 sleep-deprived imagination runs riot
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Universities need more collaboration, less competition
David Willetts calls for academics to work together during a debate on the REF and the state of higher education
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Australia: Coalition takes second run at higher education reform bill
One day after a Senate defeat, the government renews efforts to pass controversial package of changes
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Too many postdocs, not enough research jobs
Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities
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Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan, by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
Roger Morgan lauds a biography charting Labour statesman鈥檚 rise from a colliery to the Cabinet