His dark materials? Denied
Thank goodness the UK Border Agency is protecting universities from undesirable aliens ("Visa stranglehold chokes recruitment", 7 October). We all know that a little knowledge transfer is a dangerous...
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Fabric unravels
The news that Robert Gordon University, on the advice of some consultancy, is considering outsourcing its information technology provision is another nail in the coffin of the idea of "academic...
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Elephant in the room
While Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo is left to complete the first of his 11 years in prison, THE proceeds to feature no fewer than three pieces on student-recruitment issues in China (7 October) -...
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Gap in the record
Why are there no natural science books among "The Canon"?Martin Luck, Associate professor of biosciences, University of Nottingham.
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Sustainable pensions, passionate debate 1
Sally Hunt's article "Divided we fall" (7 October) fails to recognise that the proposed changes to the Universities Superannuation Scheme are the minimum required to ensure that an affordable,...
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14 October 2010
Market weights and measures - Lord Browne鈥檚 judgement: let supply and demand shape the sector
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Browne review: how Britain has reacted
Reactions to Lord Browne鈥檚 review of higher education funding and student finance are flooding in. Here we round up what different groups have been saying
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At last, teaching will get its due
Alasdair Smith sees the Browne review as a golden opportunity to halt the academy鈥檚 distorted focus on research output
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Cable tells Lib Dem opponents of fees: come to terms with reality
The Liberal Democrat policy of opposing tuition fees is 鈥渟imply no longer feasible鈥 in the current economic climate, Vince Cable said today in a statement to the House of Commons.
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Take off the cap so students and market system can shape UK higher education, Browne recommends
The tuition fee cap should be scrapped, 鈥渂lanket subsidies鈥 for courses ended and universities freed to compete for students in one of the most radical overhauls of the sector ever.
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Opinion: 鈥楢 free-for-all, and expensive for some鈥
Alan Ryan proposes that there should be no cap on tuition fees, grants for the talented poor should return and universities should lose their safety net
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Opinion: Higher fees alone won鈥檛 put off poorer students
Recent studies reveal tuition costs do not deter students from lower socio-economic groups. Their decision not to go into higher education, argues Peter Urwin, is made much earlier in their schooling
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If the dunce cap fits鈥S teaching standards under fire
Are academics being blamed for work-shy students and high unemployment? Jon Marcus reports
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No case for disciplining senior London Met staff over financial crisis, says report
An investigation into senior staff at London Metropolitan University has concluded that there is no case for disciplinary action following the financial crisis that engulfed the institution.
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Review finds no evidence that UCL radicalised alleged bomber
There is 鈥渘o evidence鈥 that a Nigerian graduate accused of attempting to blow up a plane on Christmas Day last year was radicalised while studying at University College London, an independent review...