'Risky' business feared as private college closes in on degree powers
UUK 'positive' about Regent's membership, but critics demand proper scrutiny. John Morgan writes
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Campuses 'off menu' in à la carte model
Classroom-based activities may be a rarity in the university of tomorrow. Jack Grove reports
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Judging panel chosen for THE leadership gongs
The judges for this year's 糖心Vlog Leadership and Management Awards have been announced, as the deadline for entries draws closer.
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CaSE warns of working-class gap in physics and maths study
Working-class students are less likely to study physics or mathematics than other subjects at university, research has found.
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Knowledge transferNeed for IP speedThirteen of the UK's "most innovative" universities have been awarded more than ?750,000 to help ease their intellectual property's transition from the academy to...
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Centre puts a forensic focus on rot at the heart of power
Sussex unit to investigate ways to keep politicians honest. Matthew Reisz reports
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Not all enterprise is private
Adam O'Boyle outlines how student-led third-sector bodies can offer institutions social and financial benefits
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A poor policy poorly managed leaves little to show for ?315m
Hefce admits that the multimillion-pound Cetls scheme had minimal impact on student learning. Paul Ramsden is not surprised
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More democratic, more accountable and closer to its members: Sally Hunt says her planned UCU reforms will engage it with society
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Working with, not against
Students' unions now focus on cooperation, not opposition, says Paul Greatrix
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Too Big to Know
Martin De Saulles sees how new ways to share online can lead to quicker knowledge creation
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Thinking the Twentieth Century: Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century
This book has an unusual structure. It grew from conversations recorded by Tony Judt (1948-2010) with a younger historian, Timothy Snyder, of Yale University. Although they present their specialisms...
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Sex, Gender and the Conservative Party: From Iron Lady to Kitten Heels
The altered gender balance among Conservative MPs after the 2010 general election was noticeable. Yet, despite a well-publicised pledge by David Cameron to increase the number of female and ethnic-...
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
An exposition on successful economies impresses Howard Davies, but may not thrill the REF panels
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How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
California in the 1970s: LSD, seances...quantum mechanics? Chris Sachrajda takes a strange trip