Hong Kong opens up to overseas providers
Economic development strategy calls for foreign boost to knowledge economy, writes Phil Baty
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Marketing Literature
Author: Claire SquiresEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 248Price: £48.00 and £14.99ISBN: 9781403997739 and 9780230228474The fact that this lively and meticulously researched monograph...
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'Academic hub' to focus on creative skills training
Plan proposes 5,000 apprenticeships and better links with industry and schools. John Gill reports
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News in brief
Vocational degreesHigher education for apprenticesThe Government has pledged to help more apprentices go to university and says it is considering a new form of vocational degree. John Denham, the...
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Half of sector to prioritise firms' training needs
Funding chiefs want at least half of England's universities to make industry workforce-training requirements a core strategic priority.At a board meeting in February, the Higher Education Funding...
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News in brief
MergersScience bodies join forcesThe Institute of Biology and the Biosciences Federation have united to form the Society of Biology after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. It is...
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Universities department abolished
Lord Mandelson takes on new combined business and higher education role. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Tara Brabazon: Don’t let the Big Society squeeze out our small but smart organisations
David Cameron’s vision for Britain threatens associations such as the Research Information Network that help boost UK productivity and efficiency, argues Tara Brabazon
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Failure is not an option
Reflexive claims for the US academy's greatness ring hollow, says John Summers, given elite institutions' tight links with economic and political power and lack of appetite for challenging ideas
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Overseas briefing
United StatesPapers trail leads to freshmanA student who worked in the archives of Drew University in New Jersey has been accused of stealing letters written by Abraham Lincoln. William John Scott...
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The Brit stuff
The BNSC calls for UK investment in manned space exploration as the Government announces the centre’s replacement. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Collaborative art
Paul Gough, an artist of international renown, aims to take UWE to new heights through a focus on interdisciplinary work
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Â鶹 truths Down Under
Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding?...
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How to stay on top
In this age of austerity, we need to fund excellence, say David Price and Stephen Caddick
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Tara Brabazon: Global address system
An African postgraduate’s vision of a ‘Radio 2.0’ that brings communities together reminds Tara Brabazon that overseas students contribute far more to the UK academy than just tuition fees