‘Bulging middle’ of universities benefit as A-level results dip
Top and – in particular – middle-tier institutions drive expansion as lower-ranked institutions suffer
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Jack Meadows, 1934-2016
The founder of the University of Leicester’s astronomy department, who had a minor planet named in his honour, has died
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Record number of students win university places
Acceptances on A-level results day up 2.9 per cent year-on-year, says Ucas
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Interview with Dame Nancy Rothwell
We talk tuberculosis, tough decisions and pancake races with the Manchester vice-chancellor
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Science editor-in-chief sounds alarm over falling public trust
Jeremy Berg warns scientists are straying into policy commentator roles
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Graduate earnings premium ‘may fall’ with further HE expansion
Institute for Fiscal Studies says firms’ ability to accommodate more highly educated workers may be coming to an end
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University income from firms grows as public spending stagnates
Knowledge exchange income is up to £4.2 billion, while university spin-offs and start-ups also posted strong growth
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Ucas mulls major changes to clearing
Admissions experts recommend making it easier for students to change their mind once they have received their A-level results
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What are you reading? – 18 August 2016
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education – 18 August 2016
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Everyday Stories, by Rachel Bowlby
This study reminds us of the radicalism of bringing the quotidian into art, writes Shahidha Bari
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Fumo: Italy’s Love Affair with the Cigarette, by Carl Ipsen
R. J. B. Bosworth traces the state’s long involvement in the production and sale of tobacco to its citizens