Chinese student market: can the West weather a perfect storm?
David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems
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Germany: an alternative route to excellence
There’s a tension between Germany’s desire to be in the global elite of higher education while remaining egalitarian. John Morgan reports
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Northumbria quits University Alliance
Strong research result in the REF ‘triggered’ exit from the mission group
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Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government from the Founding to the Present, by Gary Gerstle
Elizabeth Cobbs on an enlightening and alarming study of how the central state has had to fight for its legitimacy
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Interview with Jackie Hunter
We talk to the research council CEO about pharmaceutical drugs modelling and a childhood interest in studying animal remains
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Graduate earnings: what will politicians do with the data?
Sector experts variously predict benefits and damage from lifting the lid on who earns what
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Campus sport is alive and kicking in the UK
University games are worth standing up for, say Vince Mayne and Ian Diamond
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New and noteworthy – 10 December 2015
From Lehman Brothers to La Leche League via disaster capitalism and 'the new retirement': new academic books worth adding to your reading list
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Making the future with nanoelectronics: a strategy for Europe
Brussels, 29 June 2004 To become the world’s most competitive powerhouse, Europe must lead the transition of the micro-electronics sector to the next generation of nano-electronics, with co-ordinated...
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News blog: Is One Nation Science just the latest UK research map?
The launch of Jo Johnson’s One Nation Science strategy has put place firmly on the research policy agenda, says Holly Else
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Three-quarters of students would pay higher tuition fees for guaranteed job
Students willing to pay at least £1,700 more on average for better employability, suggests survey
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QAA chief: end of current system could risk ‘Volkswagen-style’ crisis
Move would jeopardise sector’s global brand, senior figures warn
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If teaching needs fixing, is TEF the right tool for the job?
Giving evidence to a BIS committee inquiry on assessing the quality of higher education provoked questions about how teaching might be measured, writes John Gill
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Teach all computing students about cybersecurity, universities told
Teaching criteria updated in response to government and industry demands