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The government's decision to cut the Chevening scholarships' budget is doubly disappointing, coming as it does in the wake of the previous administration's move to retrench the number of Commonwealth...
The government's decision to cut the Chevening scholarships' budget is doubly disappointing, coming as it does in the wake of the previous administration's move to retrench the number of Commonwealth...
The headline "'Serious defects' apparent in 'crude' European rankings project" and its associated news story suggest that your staff had not read the paper at the heart of the story (News, 24 June)....
While the sentiment behind requiring vice-chancellors to bring in philanthropic income equal to three times their salaries every year is laudable, that is the only thing that is ("Heads must show...
David Sweeney of the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for England has a "positive" story to tell about how pilot studies and meetings have converted the academic community to the idea of measuring "...
We would like to add our support to Richard Evans' plea to the University of Sussex to rethink its policy for the department of history ("Sussex cuts threaten a proud history of research-led...
I would be interested to see the evidence to suggest that there has been no improvement in the student experience for undergraduates over the past decade (Letters, 1 July). Underfunded expansion of...
Thank you for saving me 拢17 or so a month. While I've been angry for years about the University and College Union's listlessness in campaigning for greater security for fixed-term contract...

International comparisons of universities still have their detractors, but the appetite for them continues to grow. Phil Baty traces their roots and looks at how they are increasing in number and...
League tables occupy the minds of vice-chancellors, politicians, academics and students, but Ellen Hazelkorn advises them not to draw hasty conclusions
Shadowing the speed-dating expats who recruit for British universities, Caroline Knowles finds that their hypermobile lives parallel those of the students they pursue

The rankings dilemma - League tables鈥 search for fruitful measures
The University of East Anglia was responsible for creating an environment of opacity which preceded the 鈥淐limategate鈥 scandal, however the 鈥渞igour and honesty鈥 of the scientists involved is beyond...

By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
The graduate job market is tougher than ever, with a new report suggesting that 69 graduates will compete for every position this year.
Robert Diab and W. Wesley Pue argue that the violence at the recent G20 meetings in Toronto highlight the inadequacy of public-order policy by the Mounties