Bristol awarded top AA credit rating
Bristol University has been given an AA credit rating by Standard & Poor's, the international ratings agency. It is the highest rating yet among UK universities. Institutions seek ratings to...
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King's in power bid after talk of merger
The future of the University of London is in doubt after King's College London announced it plans to seek its own degree-awarding powers. The move came after King's learnt of the proposed merger...
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MPs and celebrities unite in stand against fees
Imperial's plans for fees and merger with UCL spur protest and strategy talks A campaign against top-up fees gathered momentum this week, with MPs, trade unions and even the odd celebrity raising...
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Union: 'promise was broken'
A row over job contracts is rocking London Metropolitan University, formed from the merger of London Guildhall University and the University of North London two months ago, writes Alison Goddard....
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Yorkshire partnership is on cards
Huddersfield University could be dissolved within two years to make way for a new university serving West and South Yorkshire. Huddersfield announced on Wednesday that it was entering detailed merger...
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Academics called on to foster unity
Despite the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive, academics throughout Ireland are under great pressure to make cross-border cooperation a reality. Malcolm Skilbeck, former deputy director for...
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Peaceline project stalls
Ulster University has pulled out of the Springvale project to build a "peaceline campus" in north and west Belfast because the private-finance initiative faces a multimillion-pound shortfall. But a...
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Public trust is crumbling
Northern Ireland's peace process has been driven forward by politicians' lies and manipulation, and the discovery of this is undermining public trust in politics, according to Ulster University...
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Study finds aspiration, not cash, is key to selling campus life
Raising youngsters' aspirations is a more effective way of getting them into higher education than offering financial incentives, according to a US study. The work by Nobel laureate James Heckman and...
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Science robbed of £2bn
Universities subsidise research commissioned by outside bodies to the tune of £2 billion a year, it was revealed this week. The full extent of the funding gap emerged from an official review that did...
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Headteachers demand clarity on selection
Independent school heads are demanding further clarity on how universities select students. A statement issued yesterday by four independent schools' heads' associations says: "No government should...
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Next week
News Countdown to cash: first in a series setting out the issues faced by next month's white paper Features A day in the life of Mike Brown, vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University; Keith...
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Choice managerial words
Fed-up with bureaucrat-ese? The THES wants to hear from you. Send examples of your favourite examples of management speak to mandy.garner@thes.co.uk We will publish the best.
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Sykes and two cities
"Sykes to bring science to the people" screamed the headline on an email arriving from the University of Bristol. Given that Sir Richard Sykes last week announced his intention to merge Imperial...
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Clean-living launch
Television historians clashed in Oxford this week as Tristram Hunt and Simon Schama launched their latest books. Dr Hunt is well known for his literalism: during his BBC series on the English civil...