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ChinaUS joint venture gets green lightThe Chinese government has formally approved the establishment of a new institution created jointly by a US and a Chinese university. Duke Kunshan University, a...
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No crosses, but plenty of cross words
Proposal to outlaw overt displays of religious affiliation would affect academics. Nathan Greenfield reports
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Inking and doing
Rivka Isaacson tells how her Jewish background and job as a lecturer in chemical biology have fuelled her fascination
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Letters
Hey, teacher, leave those trainers aloneI agree with Anthony Seldon (“Right to reply”, Opinion, 19 September): university students should receive high-quality teaching and effective student feedback...
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Sally Feldman - Rite to party
Freshers’ Week rituals mark the transition to adulthood, says Sally Feldman
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Glasgow Caledonian to open New York campus
Glasgow Caledonian University is to become the first UK university to open a campus in New York.
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Students support around 800,000 jobs, says report
Student expenditure supports more than 830,000 jobs in the UK, a new study says.
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Universities not focusing on teaching, says ex-minister
Many universities are “still not focused enough on teaching” and are using £9,000 fees to subsidise research.
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Smartphone version of Unistats launched
Prospective students can now search for information about higher education on their mobile phones after the government’s Unistats website was updated.
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CBI head John Cridland: country has ‘too many’ universities
England has “too many” universities and some are likely to close, the director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has warned.
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Student numbers soar almost 10 per cent
The number of undergraduates accepted on to courses has soared by 9 per cent after dipping dramatically last year, latest figures show.
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Harvard launches huge fundraising campaign
Harvard University has launched a fundraising campaign that it hopes will boost its coffers by $6.5 billion (£4.1 billion).
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Freshers advice offered via Twitter
The National Union of Students is hosting its first-ever Twitter question and answer sessions, offering first years advice on a range of topics.
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鶹sick students need help from universities, study says
Universities should ensure they have strategies to stop students feeling homesick as they begin their studies, experts say.