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Hey, teacher, leave those trainers aloneI agree with Anthony Seldon (鈥淩ight to reply鈥, Opinion, 19聽September): university students should receive high-quality teaching and effective student feedback...
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Sally Feldman - Rite to party
Freshers鈥 Week rituals mark the transition to adulthood, says Sally聽Feldman
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Glasgow Caledonian to open New York campus
Glasgow Caledonian University is to become the first UK university to open a campus in New York.
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Students support around 800,000 jobs, says report
Student expenditure supports more than 830,000 jobs in the UK, a new study says.
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Universities not focusing on teaching, says ex-minister
Many universities are 鈥渟till not focused enough on teaching鈥 and are using 拢9,000 fees to subsidise research.
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Smartphone version of Unistats launched
Prospective students can now search for information about higher education on their mobile phones after the government鈥檚 Unistats website was updated.
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CBI head John Cridland: country has 鈥榯oo many鈥 universities
England has 鈥渢oo many鈥 universities and some are likely to close, the director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has warned.
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Student numbers soar almost 10 per cent
The number of undergraduates accepted on to courses has soared by 9 per cent after dipping dramatically last year, latest figures show.
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Harvard launches huge fundraising campaign
Harvard University has launched a fundraising campaign that it hopes will boost its coffers by $6.5 billion (拢4.1 billion).
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Freshers advice offered via Twitter
The National Union of Students is hosting its first-ever Twitter question and answer sessions, offering first years advice on a range of topics.
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糖心Vlogsick students need help from universities, study says
Universities should ensure they have strategies to stop students feeling homesick as they begin their studies, experts say.
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Teaching prize winner puts success down to 鈥榗halk and talk鈥
The winner of an annual pan-European award for teaching has put his success down to traditional methods of classroom 鈥渃halk and talk鈥.
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Students 鈥榳orking harder鈥 under 9k fees, survey suggests
Students paying 拢9,000 fees may be socialising less and working more than their counterparts under the lower-fee regime, new research suggests.