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UK offers openness and quality assurance, but access remains a problem
A wide-ranging analysis that attempts to measure and rank aspects of national higher education systems suggests that the UK academy is one of the most "open" in the world and has among the best...
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Film review: Potiche
Duncan Wu finds irony and charm in the camped-up tale of a 1970s trophy wife's empowerment
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UCU in turmoil as its Left wing looks to make bid for control
Executive is split over support for fees protest, while officers threaten to strike, John Morgan writes
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In new world order, overseas institutions could enter UK patch
Ex-president of UUK predicts shifting trade winds for global higher education. John Morgan reports
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Balancing budgets is hard when funders won't go all the way
EUA report finds co-funding just one of the threats to financial sustainability. Paul Jump reports
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NUS opts for moderate voices and choices over Left turns
Cooler heads prevail at the student union's annual convention, reports Sarah Cunnane
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Full speed ahead for new degrees to suit business
Tailor-made courses to fill local skills gaps will also bring in much-needed cash. Hannah Fearn reports
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Richard III and The Comedy of Errors
The soul＊s yearning to find its psychological or physical other half unites two of Shakespeare＊s early plays, says Peter J. Smith
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Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World
Until the 19th century, the average person consumed $3 per day (in today's prices). There were small blips for ancient Rome, the early medieval Arab world and late medieval Europe, but otherwise the...
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Chemistry roundup
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics for EngineersAuthors: S. Kjelstrup, D. Bedeaux, E. Johannessen and J. GrossEdition: FirstPublisher: World Scientific PressPages: 2Price: ?42.00ISBN 9789814322157The...
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Cutting foreign student visas is the wrong move at the wrong time
Politically driven plans to reduce access to UK higher education will seriously harm a ?5bn-a-year success story, says Nicola Dandridge
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Appointments
Washington University in St LouisR. Marie GriffithA pioneer of the study of modern evangelical women who described her work as "bridging thorny divides" has been named director of the John C....
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Research intelligence - Message from our sponsor: time to 'shape' UK research
Budget restrictions mean the EPSRC has to prioritise, its chief tells Paul Jump
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Kingston University - Out with the old, in with the new
Taxpayers' money should be used to stimulate innovation rather than bailing out dying industries, according to a Kingston University report for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. An...