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Rural A-level students ‘much less likely’ to go to university

State school children from London and other cities in England are more likely to go on to university after A levels than those from more rural districts, new figures suggest.

100 Under 50 Rankings 2013 methodology

  The ����Vlog 100 Under 50 uses the same range of 13 performance indicators to rate institutions as the overall World University Rankings published every autumn but with a major ­...

Moocs are a ‘distraction’, warns sector expert

Massive open online courses could prove a distraction to universities and cost them money, according to a consultancy that advises governments, investors and institutions on higher education issues.

GM crops ‘safe’ and ‘beneficial’, says minister

The UK government must be among those reassuring the public that genetically modified crops are “a safe, proven and beneficial innovation”, environment secretary Owen Paterson has said.

THE podcast: 20 June 2013 issue review

Download the podcastThis week’s issue review looks at Quebec, one year on from the anti-fees student protests, and also the latest news on the UK government’s spending review due later this month,...

20 June 2013

False dawn? - A year on, Quebec’s anti-fees protesters assess gains and goals

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The week in higher education

A secret report about the potential sale of the student loan book has finally been made public despite inept efforts to keep it under wraps, The Guardian reported on 14 June. Submitted to the...

Allocations, allocations

Cuts to widening participation funds anticipated to meet spending review targets. John Morgan writes

Health charities’ research still needs state support

Medical research will suffer if coalition stops giving generously, AMRC head tells Elizabeth Gibney

‘User’-friendly REF panels to gauge impact

Hefce reveals 215 assessors chosen from outside academy

Gold-standard spending

Pattern emerging of how sector is spending RCUK open-access cash. Elizabeth Gibney reports

Mersey motion rejects revised contract terms

UCU criticises ‘gun to head’ of 2,800 non-academic staff