Higher education bolsters UK soft power
Educating the global elite, including many central bankers, gives Britain a powerful presence, report finds
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Row over university link with complementary medicine firm
Australian academic resigns as La Trobe signs deal with Swisse, a ‘global wellness company’, to fund centre
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Knowledge is power – but what about horsepower?
Novice car-buyer Kevin Fong on the value of preparing students for real-world challenges
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The ‘unpleasurable’ complexity of Lars von Trier
Will the Danish director’s controversial new film Nymphomaniac live up to his masterpieces? Davina Quinlivan hopes so
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EU commissioner says ‘no precedent’ for Scottish fees plan
But possibility could still be open if strong case made to EU
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Liverpool v-c Sir Howard Newby to retire
Sir Howard Newby is to retire as the University of Liverpool vice-chancellor next year
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56 campus pictures from Twitter (@timeshighered)
Source: Quka/Shutterstock.comTo celebrate our Twitter account (@timeshighered) gaining more than 100,000 followers, we asked staff, students and others with a passion for higher education to tweet us...
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Randolph sale of art to National Gallery sparks criticism
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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University links to nuclear weapons maker ‘worth £8 million a year’
More than 50 universities have received funding from the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear weapons since 2010, according to a new study.
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Russell Group visits for schoolchildren funded by DfE
The Department for Education is to pay for up to five students from every state school to visit a Russell Group university
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Tristram Hunt incurs wrath for crossing UCU picket
Tristram Hunt, Labour’s shadow education secretary, has been criticised by party colleagues after crossing a University and College Union picket line
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Research councils to double capital funding
The research councils will receive more than double the capital funding in 2015-16 than they were originally allocated for 2014-15, it has been revealed
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Scholars recall Stuart Hall, ‘high priest of the New Left’
Tributes have poured in on all sides following the death of Stuart Hall, one of the founding fathers of cultural studies in Britain
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Government grant letter delivers cut to university funding
The government has delivered a £125 million cut to higher education funding in today’s grant letter, while criticising vice-chancellors on pay