Overseas PhD students rely on rankings to select a university
Prospective students seek an institution in the top 200 but 鈥榖rand personality鈥 is a puzzle to them
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A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life, by Allyson Hobbs
Those who masqueraded as white scarred more than just themselves, finds Catherine Clinton
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GPA system could lead to lower marks for women in STEM
Use of American system involving first-year marks may have 鈥榙epressive effect鈥 on student grades
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Warwick staff call for action over pension fund
Staff assembly backs motion calling on management to block employers鈥 plan for USS
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Maths key to lack of women studying economics, says study
The small number of women taking maths at A level may explain why only about a quarter of economics students are female, a new study says.
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Durham to run criminology classes in prisons
Students will join prisoners in what the institution says is a European first
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Scottish government switches student support spending to loans
Amount spent on bursaries and grants cut by almost 拢40 million last year
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University Alliance names new chief executive
Whitehall civil servant Maddalaine Ansell has been named as the next University Alliance chief executive
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QAA clears Anglia Ruskin after 鈥榙umbing down鈥 complaint
Former employee made claims about standards on electronics course
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11 new #HEwords for academics that should be in the dictionary
We asked our Twitter followers to suggest words from the world of higher education that should exist, but don鈥檛. They didn鈥檛 disappoint鈥
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Harvard president under pressure over corporate post
By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed
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THE books podcast: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein interview
Download the podcastAcclaimed novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein in conversation with 糖心Vlog books editor Karen Shook.Goldstein鈥檚 much-lauded novels include The Late...
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University lecturers to boycott marking over pensions row
Staff at older universities will begin a marking boycott next week in a row over pension changes
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Artists shouldn't be 鈥榗olonised鈥 for impact, scholar says
The pressure for academics to deliver 鈥減ublic engagement鈥 should not lead to them 鈥渃olonising the creative arts鈥
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Blog: Battle for the Warburg
With a court judgment imminent, Chris Cobb reflects on the legal tussle over the future of the institute