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Peers, review your actions
Help usher in universal open access - stop giving free labour to publishers that lock research away, says Michael Taylor
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Unshackled minds help institutions to conquer the greatest heights
The top-ranked universities allow their scholars the most freedom, a lesson many governments have yet to learn, warns Terence Karran
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Bleak vision for student imports due to lack of 'oversight'
Feeder colleges for non-EU students may go under as third fall foul of rule change. Simon Baker writes
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Oz visa strategy may leave UK out of position
Australia is to relax its visa rules for overseas students, increasing the competition faced by UK universities just as the coalition government tightens British regulations.
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Will's quill or not Will's quill...
...that is the question, but scholars are arguing over whether they should ask it. Matthew Reisz reports
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Labour's plan to cap tuition fees may be a 'graduate tax'
Top earners would 'overpay' under scheme vaunted at party's annual conference. Simon Baker reports
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Lancaster and Liverpool aim to strengthen global hand with 'federal structure' collaboration
Lancaster University and the University of Liverpool could unite to form a "federal structure" akin to the University of California as other research-intensive universities explore collaborations to...
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Scottish matchmaker earns scorn for proposal
The Scottish Funding Council has stressed that "no decisions have been taken" after it emerged that it had asked the University of Dundee and the University of Abertay Dundee to consider merging.
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Robust UK research climate cannot be taken for granted
Highly productive sector must be creative to keep up without new funds, study says. Paul Jump reports
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Academic life unfair, say women of a certain age
Women in their forties and early fifties are the least satisfied among principal investigators with the way they are treated by their universities, a survey has found.
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Exclusive elite fails to attract poorer students
Twenty-three higher education institutions failed to hit their targets for attracting students from poor families, new figures show.
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York St John's policing of standards worries QAA
Audit results in 'limited confidence' verdict and call for some external oversight. Jack Grove writes
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Peace talks on a pressing matter
Publishers, scholars, funders must seek consensus, says the head of a new task force. John Gill reports
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News in brief
White Paper consultationNew Year, new universities billThe government is expected to issue an official response to separate consultations on the higher education White Paper and the regulation of the...