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鈥淩ight-on鈥 lecturers and student campaigns cited as among the reasons, Commons event hears

鈥淩ight-on鈥 lecturers and student campaigns cited as among the reasons, Commons event hears

Scotland risks losing its thriving research base if it becomes independent, analysis by Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has claimed


By Carl Straumsheim, for Inside Higher Ed

The number of international students in US higher education has reached an all-time high according to an authoritative report

A university threatened staff that it would dock them a day鈥檚 pay if they did not work unpaid overtime, it has emerged.

The 1994 Group of small research-intensive universities has decided to disband 19 years after being set up.


The president of South Korea has visited Imperial College London to mark a series of agreements聽between the institution and Korean universities.
The new EU-funded ranking system has secured involvement from around 600 institutions and will see users choose their own indicators.

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Academics are expected to engage in rigorous intellectual sparring but do some scholars overstep the mark?

International Programmes analysis points to courses鈥 marketing benefits

Richard Larschan explains how events at his university arising from the bombings led to his long-resisted retirement