Historic and modern foundations face cuts
Hefce savings drive targets cash for old buildings and two-year degrees. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Lord Mandelson says higher fees must mean more help for the poor
First Secretary's speech hints at end to cap, but links it to wider access. Melanie Newman reports
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Call for research board to guide public services
A public services research board should be set up to prevent public funds being wasted on unworkable policies, a Cardiff University academic has recommended.Jonathan Shepherd, a criminologist and...
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It's not work-life fears that hold back women
Gender gap at top is not due to reluctance to make sacrifices, study finds. Melanie Newman writes
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Protracted clashes with council led to the early departure of City's v-c
Malcolm Gillies resigned after long-term conflicts over governance. Melanie Newman reports
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Three strikes and out for UEL's 'Mr Mayhem'
The anthropology professor dubbed "Mr Mayhem" for his role in the G20 Summit protests in the spring has been dismissed by the University of East London.An internal disciplinary hearing at UEL found...
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Field rankings for Sweden
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1999-2009
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How big is your impact?
Speculation that a Poppleton sociology don had secured a top mark in the new measurement of research impact has been dashed by a spokesperson for the Economic and Social Research Council.The story...
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Let's relax about fairness
This talk of social mobility is a poor form of radicalism, says Alan Ryan
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Total disclosure a sign of the academy's time-and-motion sickness
Thomas Docherty examines the transparency culture, its political uses and the dangerous implications for scholarly freedom
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Dream date with Carrie's Big (Apple)
When Joanna Lewis finally got to meet the city she had watched for years on the screen, she found that, like many long-anticipated rendezvous, it did not all go to plan
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Leader: Shared scholarly passions
Who'd marry a single-minded, career-focused academic? Other academics, it seems. But such a relationship can have downsides
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From where I sit - Measuring the unmeasurable
Assessment and impact: these are the new watchwords in higher education. We have assessment indicators in the social sciences, the physical sciences and our business and law schools, which ask: "What...
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William Birch, 1925-2009
William Birch, a leading geographer who had a decisive impact on the development of Bristol Polytechnic, has died.He was born on 24 November 1925 and educated at Ranelagh School in Berkshire,...