Oxford college devotes full-time post to access
A University of Oxford college has created a full-time academic post dedicated to encouraging bright state-school students to apply to competitive universities.
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Figures reveal huge drop in students starting university
The number of mainstream students set to start higher education courses in England this year is down 62,000, or 17 per cent, on last year's figures, analysis by 糖心Vlog suggests.
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Fee cap frozen in Wales for three years
The maximum annual tuition fee for universities in Wales is to be frozen at ?9,000 for the next three years, the Welsh Government has announced.
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Private providers among those chosen for London Met students
Three of the 15 institutions initially chosen as potential destinations for London Metropolitan University's overseas students are commercial operators, it has emerged, after a ?2 million fund was...
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Ministers want to 'disaggregate' overseas students from net migration
The government has announced that it wants to publish more detailed figures on overseas students that "disaggregate" them from totals on net migration.
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News in brief
United StatesCalifornian wrangling endsThe staff of a US university system have approved a new four-year labour contract, ending two years of contentious bargaining with administrative officials....
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German palates slow to adapt to Bologna's quick-cook recipe
Ten years on, EU-wide menu of reforms continues to stir debate. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports
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Grant winners
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH - NC3RSProject grants? Award winner: Jan-Ulrich Kreft? Institution: University of Birmingham? Value: ?266,197eGUT...
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Working on borrowed time?
Librarians fear redundancy as open access alters role of academic collections. Matthew Reisz writes
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Digital humanitiesNo-holds BardA large-scale digital resource whose first tranche covers the writings of "Shakespeare and his immediate contemporaries, antecedents and successors" has been launched...
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Publishers tap education to combat drop in print sales
David Matthews investigates attempts to entice students as next-generation subscribers
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Decent exposure
Research data published online must be accessible to allow scrutiny by other academics if we are to prevent fraud, says Geoffrey Boulton
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Peer pressure
The journal review system's lack of transparency worries Stephen Mumford
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Elite feel pinch of AAB shortfall
Institutions lose students and funds as admissions policy backfires. John Morgan and Jack Grove write
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Stealth fighters rail against concentration on the quiet
Brickbats for additional ?10 million in open-access cash aimed at big boys. Paul Jump writes