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Openness must be a two-way streetThe feature about openness in universities (“Show and tell”, 4 April) implicitly makes a point about asymmetry. If institutions are not open, how can they make claims...

4 April - 10 April 2013 - The week in higher education

While cinemagoers enjoy the Tina Fey romcom Admission - set at Princeton University - a real-life admissions furore has been unfolding in the US press. Writing in the Wall Street Journal on 5 April,...

Equity is the best policy

If the UK wishes its sector as a whole to be as well regarded as its elite stars, the right balance must be found in funding

Split persists on Thatcher legacy

Former prime minister’s higher education policies still elicit respect and rancour. Jack Grove reports

Commission to scrutinise commercial providers

Cross-party group will review for-profit higher education operators

Research must take gender into account

Future European funding may depend on identifying how research affects women as well as men

Posh spice up CVs to gain edge at post-1992s

Affluent students who miss out on elite places ‘hyper-mobilise’ to retain status

'Something to eat with that?'

The theory and practice of tampingArguments about whether universities should place “employability at the heart of the student experience” have escalated after the announcement of a new Poppleton...

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The gift rift

Demise of matched funding leaves majority of institutions worse off. David Matthews reports

Thatcher’s legacy: golden age for higher education or ‘unmitigated disaster’?

Former prime minister’s higher education policies still elicit respect and rancour. Jack Grove reports

Scrapping REF would make little difference to QR funding, says report

Report says distribution would change little if based on research council cash. Paul Jump writes

Commission to scrutinise commercial providers

A Conservative peer and a former vice-chancellor will lead a cross-party review of for-profit higher education providers.The ����Vlog Commission - a group of business leaders,...

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Former president tells Chris Parr that online courses could drive down students’ costs

Research must take gender into account

Addressing whether research has a “gender dimension” is to become a greater priority under new plans for European funding.The term refers to the fact that research does not always account for...