Get keen on green
An open letter to David Willetts, universities and science ministerThis week, across the country, thousands of students and staff have taken part in People & Planet's Go Green Week, focusing on...
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Mind our languages
The opinion article by Sir Adam Roberts ("Tongue-tied UK badly equipped to join in the conversation of nations", 2 February) issues a timely warning about the decline of languages in UK higher...
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Slippery slope
As a retired academic, I was amused to read this notice posted on the icy road running through the university near my house today:One is reminded yet again that in most disciplines - and certainly in...
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TV review: 糖心Vlogland
Does the award-winning 糖心Vlogland break new ground, asks Matt Hills, or is it full of familiar themes?
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Ian King, 1954-2012
Over the past 30 years, whenever there was an important decision to be made in the UK student movement, Ian King almost certainly played some role in it.Born on 20 June 1954, Mr King studied at the...
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Campus round-up
University of BrightonOn the roadSeven councils in the South East of England have teamed up with a university to launch the UK's first degree course for those seeking jobs in highways departments....
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16 February 2012
Don鈥檛 let the party end - How to keep first-years engaged after the freshers鈥 festivities
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Community organiser: Obama pledges funding for local colleges
The US Department of Education has emerged as one of the winners in Barack Obama鈥檚 2013 budget request, with a 2.5 per cent increase in funding and promises of support for community colleges.
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World Reputation Rankings launch date revealed
The 2012 糖心Vlog World Reputation Rankings will be published on 15 March.
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Ebdon to get Offa job
Les Ebdon will be appointed as the next director of the Office for Fair Access after it emerged that the prime minister has no powers to block the decision of Vince Cable, the business secretary, to...
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Go-getters don鈥檛 have to go home: government tweaks student visas
Graduates entrepreneurs with 鈥渨orld-class innovative ideas鈥 will be allowed to remain in the UK beyond their university studies, as the government responds to criticisms of its new visa regime for...
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Inside Higher Ed: WTF, Arizona
By Mitch Smith, for Inside Higher Ed
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Post-92 academics to vote on pensions strike
University and College Union members in newer universities will be given a 鈥渃onsultative ballot鈥 on whether to reject the government鈥檚 latest pensions offer and strike again.
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Warwick v-c to chair new commission on future of sector
Leading figures from higher education in the UK and US have agreed to serve on a major new independent commission looking at the future of the sector in England.