UK students join Minerva Schools’ fledgling class
US for-profit start-up institution’s peripatetic, online-delivered degree draws undergraduates keen to try something different
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Overseas master’s student asks why she was allowed on to course
Postgraduate claims that her English was not up to scratch
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Russell Group rated best at cat-herding, says study
Research suggests some standard management techniques work on academics after all, and older institutions are most effective
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Getting to grips with Grub Street
Jonathan Sullivan on how to improve the relationship between academics and journalists
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David Blanchflower on degree trends that follow the money
The economist urges the UK to study a shift to subjects that lead to highly paid jobs
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Scottish freedom
Terry Brotherstone (Letters, 21 August) says that my argument for “no” in the 18 September Scottish referendum (“Visions of independence”, Features, 14 August) did not address the “democratic deficit...
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Twitter and blogs are not add-ons to research
The best academics are those that build a form of public dialogue into their work
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Graduate calls University College Suffolk ‘unhealthy’ for black students
Jason Haye says his 2.2 degree would have been higher but for institution’s environment, citing artist Maggi Hambling’s ‘slave’ comments
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National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963, by Richard Vinen
A. W. Purdue on a British institution that changed lives but has been largely ignored by historians
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Research ethics: when friends become work
Social scientist mulls the perks and pitfalls of using personal networks in research
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QAA to investigate Saudi students’ exam resits
University of Bedfordshire accused of giving those sponsored by Saudi Arabian government preferential treatment
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The professor-less university
Two radically contrasting emerging models of higher education in the US offer academics a very different deal, says Steven Ward
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More women and minorities leave jobs for postgraduate degrees
Data analysis suggests discrimination plays a role in higher number of female and BME ‘returnees’
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Concerns about Plymouth University chairman predate current crisis
Board member made aware of claims related to ‘wider working practices’ in December 2012
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Scottish government fees stance ‘incompatible with EU law’
Former ECJ judge’s legal opinion casts doubts on post-independence policy