BIS committee launches inquiry into university-business links
A cross-party group of MPs has launched a new inquiry into聽university-business collaboration.聽
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Oxbridge access: DfE releases free school meal stats
Only one in 1,000 children who claim free school meals make it to Oxbridge, new analysis says.
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'Massive' budget hole predicted as RAB charge rises
A 拢2.5 billion drop in forecast student loan repayments over six years means the government will 鈥渕assively overrun鈥 on its higher education budget, independent experts have warned
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UCL attacks Mail over race and gender 鈥榠nsinuation鈥
Pro v-c 鈥榙eeply disappointed鈥 after diary column on scientists鈥 appearance on Newsnight
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THE podcast: 20 March 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe cost of the higher education reforms, pre-degree pathway centres, the lack of black professors in UK universities and the idea of tying research council funding to diversity...
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THE podcast: John Last interview
Download the podcastJohn Last became the first vice-chancellor of Norwich University of the Arts when the institution gained university status in 2012.In this podcast, he discusses how the impact of...
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Research councils may tie funding to diversity accreditation
Scepticism that proposal to encourage diversity could effectively regulate sector
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Sex and the REF
Does research assessment discriminate against female academics? asks Barbara Graziosi
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Durham scholars working in a 鈥榗ulture of fear鈥
Evidence cited by a review of governance reveals a series of concerns
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Researchers seek more advice on retractions and peer review
Editors unsure of whether to issue retraction, correction or expression of concern, ethics expert says
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Not a headline act
鈥淭he week in higher education鈥 (13聽March) notes that two Oxford pro vice-chancellors rebutted Luke Johnson鈥檚 claims 鈥渢hat the university had been slow to adapt to the world of online learning鈥 by...
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Safeguarding patient data
The Medical Research Council鈥檚 Sir John Savill (鈥淒uty to share data鈥, Letters, 6聽March) claims that MRC-funded research will use 鈥渞igorously de-identified data in an approved research environment...
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Student insights
Sarah Moore鈥檚 point about the tendency to caricature students is well made (鈥淏eware the caricature: students need nurturing, not negativity, to thrive鈥, Opinion, 13聽March). Not only have the same...
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Close-up on bursaries
Amanda Chetwynd and Peter Diggle (鈥淏ursaries鈥 individual impact鈥, Letters, 13聽March) are mistaken: the Office for Fair Access鈥 powerful new analysis in our interim report on the effect of bursaries...
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Independence and quality
Regarding the article 鈥淧rivate pair claim more public cash than LSE鈥 (6聽February), which looked at the support received by students at private providers from the Student Loans Company. We would like...