Starry, starry firsts
There is currently much debate within the academy regarding post-Browne tuition fees, a higher education "free market" and even revising offers to applicants owing to the overall increase in A-level...
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Two things to rule them all
It was illuminating to read about the two caps - one soft, one hard - suggested by the government for tuition fees ("Soft cap too hard for 'naive' sector", 17 February). Presumably they are designed...
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A classier sort of salary
Is there a good reason why the University of Cambridge's Faculty of History advertises "stipends" whereas every other university pays salaries (Appointments, 10 February)? Or is this a minor example...
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Birds on the brain
It would be unusually early to have spied the first cuckoo of spring, so I was interested to note Don Braben's inference that two (albeit excellent) swallows can make a summer ("Successful Venture",...
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A weather eye on the US storm
As graduation rates shrink and tuition fees and student debts soar in the US, experts call on the UK sector to heed lessons from the world's academic powerhouse. Sarah Cunnane reports
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The pursuit of hire education
Prospective students' increased focus on graduate employment prospects and salaries in the wake of tuition fee rises will have profound repercussions for the sector in terms of setting fees, argues...
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Film review: The Company Men
It may be hard to sympathise, but even high-flyers hurt when they hit the ground, Duncan Wu learns
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TV review: The Beauty of Books: Medieval Masterpieces
The e-reader cannot surpass the pleasures of the page, says Gary Day, where everything is illuminated
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Campus round-up
University of ManchesterBrief lives up NorthPeople from the North of England are significantly more likely to die before the age of 75 than those in the South. Researchers from the University of...
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Odds and quads
This glass model of a dissected cuttlefish is one of about 100 remarkable representations of marine life held by the Zoology and Marine Biology Museum at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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24 February 2011
Disapproval ratings - As the UK plots a US course, a look at the stars and gripes of America
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Inside Higher Ed: Why they are rallying
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Tara Brabazon: Dealing with digital incontinence
From: Brabazon, Tara Sent: 23 February 2011 11:41To: Pencil-skirted administrator in network (PAIN@sedateduniversity.co.uk)Subject: Email behaviourStatus: (Very) NormalDear PAIN,I have reviewed the...
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Report criticises proposed changes to student visa system
Proposed changes to the student visa system may be used as a political tool to create the 鈥渁ppearance鈥 of a significant reduction in net migration, a new report claims.