Take students out of immigration target, say prospective Tory MPs
Eight out of 10 prospective Tory MPs think the government should not target international students in the drive to reduce net migration.
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Academics call for guidelines on use of online learners’ data
Delegates at California convention produce framework on use of personal information
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UK universities' incubator voted best in Europe and second in world
A UK university-business incubator has been voted the best in Europe.
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Private college singled out by immigration minister hits back
LSBF says many of its students do have the right to work
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Ruth Farwell to retire as Bucks New v-c
Ruth Farwell has announced she is to retire as vice-chancellor of Bucks New University early next year
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THE podcast: 26 June - 2 July 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe Home Office clampdown on student visas, unrealistic student employment expectations and the size of UK university endowments are all up for discussion in this week’s Times...
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Which? director wants HE ‘to get its house in order’
Richard Lloyd to call for universities to be judged on graduate employment
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THE podcast: University of California, Berkeley
Download the podcastNicholas Dirks, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and Scott Biddy, vice-chancellor for university relations at the same institution, discuss California’s...
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In research, weird is wonderful
Sovietised REF blocks progress. Innovation comes when universities encourage risk-taking, says Andrew Oswald
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London Metropolitan pays £1.3m a year for unused building
University still pays rent and maintenance costs for Ladbroke House and is stuck in lease until 2016
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A coherent whole
The University of London has at no point recommended that the Warburg Institute’s unique collection be absorbed into Senate House Library (“Library saved from Nazis awaits its fate”, News, 19 June)....
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Seeking full disclosure
Adrian Deeny of University College London makes a plea for accurate reporting of animal experiments, in light of coverage in the Daily Mirror of a report on cat research in the UK (“An open and shut...
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On the right path
The University of South Florida has been collaborating with INTO University Partnerships since 2010. USF’s decision to partner with INTO did not arise from a “desperate” position as characterised in...
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Be more dog
I read with sympathy and agreement Sir Roderick Floud’s article “From serendipitous excellence to a world-class omnishambles” (Opinion, 19 June), in which he talked about the difficulties caused by...
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A little less conversation
Given the absence of any explanation from the University of Warwick for Thomas Docherty’s suspension (“Employer gags critic of ‘authoritarian’ sector”, News, 19 June), the suspicion must be that he...