Student recruitment hits record levels
Participation widens, but questions may be asked over falling entry requirements
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Claret & clarity (an academic fairy tale)
In this season of festive goodwill and fantasy, John Gilbey meets the vice-chancellor of the publicity-shy but prosperous University of Rural England - and he begins to contemplate the possibility of...
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Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?, by Robert Bartlett
A thread of celebrity weaves through a masterful study of cults of Christian icons, Helen Fulton finds
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China on the fast track
Beijing wants to supercharge its nation鈥檚 universities as it has its railroads, but might its ambitions falter for want of academic freedom and cultural change?
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New president of ERC announced
The European Commission has announced the new president of the European Research Council.
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Hepi compares expansion plan to 鈥楶onzi scheme鈥
The government鈥檚 plan to finance extra student places by the future sale of student loans is like a Ponzi scheme, according to a thinktank.
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Willetts: student expansion plan 鈥榩erfectly possible鈥
It is 鈥減erfectly possible鈥 to fund the government鈥檚 plan to abolish the student numbers cap by selling off graduate debt, David Willetts has claimed.
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Academic 'forced out' over prostitution lecture
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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Ashmolean gains huge private collection of Chinese art
Work amassed over several decades by Khoan and Michael Sullivan
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University Enterprise Zones aim to boost start-ups
The Treasury has funded a 拢15 million pilot project to establish three to four University Enterprise Zones in England.
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Academics urged to do more on human rights
A leading activist has called on the academic community to do far more 鈥渢o help promote and defend human rights鈥.
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UUK gender segregation case study withdrawn
Controversial passage removed pending review as prime minister intervenes
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Nobel laureate attacks 鈥榣uxury journals鈥
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman has pledged to stop publishing in 鈥渓uxury journals鈥, which he believes contribute to the 鈥渄isfigurement鈥 of science.
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THE journalists scoop national awards
糖心Vlog journalists have been honoured at a national awards ceremony.
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Osborne admits numbers plan omits lost repayments
The government鈥檚 plan to fund extra student numbers by selling loans omits billions of pounds in lost repayments, the chancellor has admitted.