My Life with Things: The Consumer Diaries, by Elizabeth Chin
Book of the week: Shahidha Bari on our attachment to consumption and whether we might ever somehow escape it
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Jo Johnson: new provider criticism like opposition to post-92s
Rebuffing claims that opening up sector will endanger its reputation, minister says ‘we have heard these concerns before’
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International students are worth more than their tuition fees
A strong international presence on campus is worth more than money in the bank, says Philip WainwrightÂ
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UK’s first Palestinian deputy v-c to mix management with conceptual art
Bashir Makhoul reflects on the roots of his creativity and his academic vision for Birmingham City University
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Canada looks to overseas students to rejuvenate ageing population
Students viewed by government as welcome immigrants, but questions over capacity and provincial policies remain
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Student visa fraud: universities and governments ‘must be proactive’
Canada’s provincial system ‘allows more room for corruption’, says OBHE researcher
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China funds construction of Africa’s largest university library
Project at Tanzanian institution has $40 million budget
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Newcastle University ‘to drop draconian research targets’
Marking boycott ends after UCU says managers agree to scrap ‘unfair’ targets
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Students at US for-profit colleges see 'decline in earnings and rise in debt'
Study of 1.4 million students raises concerns about the US for-profit sectorÂ
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Praise for strike pay donation
The call by Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, for universities to donate strike pay for student bursaries should be applauded (“Sally Hunt: universities should ‘...
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‘Bizarre’ TEF metrics overlook so much about teaching excellence
There are problems with the selection of teaching excellence framework metrics, argues Paul Ashwin
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‘We are tough’: a rector’s fight against corruption in Kazakhstan
Krzysztof Rybiński on changing Narxoz University’s culture and the lure of ‘the best meat in the world’
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Half of USS members to take top-up pension
Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report
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California approves bill to limit out-of-state student numbers
Audit of University of California system finds that institution enrolled less-qualified non-resident students to boost revenue