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A shrinking unit of resource will make it harder for institutions to turn around perceptions of ‘value for money’
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The week in higher education - 20 March 2014
The worst-kept secret in politics is finally out; education secretary Michael Gove wants to get his hands on universities. Having already forced his way into higher education by asking universities...
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Scholarly vs. popular sources
There’s an abundance of serious material outside the academy so why not use it, says Karen Harris
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Bleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture, by Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Richard Williams on architectural criticism and how its narrowness affects our built landscape
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Philosophy is dead white – and dead wrong
Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman on the subject’s colour line
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QAA gamekeeper turns poacher
Former head of oversight at standards watchdog advising private colleges how to pass review
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Pathways to profit
The stealthy rise of private pre-degree courses
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Regent’s Park place for a leader who can command respect
Deputy v-c at Regent’s University London must be a strong scholar and able ‘ambassador’. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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South African mergers fail to deliver change
Policy ‘broke mould of segregation’ but problems persist
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Swiss count cost of defying EU border rules
Shut out of Horizon 2020, researchers ponder fallout of anti-immigration vote
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20 March 2014
Lucrative shots - The stealthy rise of private pre-degree pathway courses
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World in brief - 20 March 2014
AustraliaPostgrad funding ‘deeply flawed’The allocation of government supported postgraduate places in Australia is deeply flawed, irrational and inequitable and in dire need of an overhaul,...
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Video: University film gives unprecedented insight into student visa applications
A film designed to help students from overseas to better understand how to apply to study at the UK’s universities has been unveiled today at the House of Commons
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Budget 2014: £200 million for science as postgraduate options considered
The government will outline options to increase postgraduate student numbers later this year, according to today’s Budget statement.