With cash on the line, Athena SWANs take wing
Applications for the Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science gender equality award have soared since it was linked to research funding by the Department of Health.Sixty-eight higher education...
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Welsh: rare hits in Oxbridge, MP claims
Wales must encourage more applications to the elite institutions, says MP. David Matthews writes
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Laurie Taylor
1-2-3. It’s so elementaryOur intrepid reporter Keith Ponting (30) tells us that David Willetts may be one of the first students to adopt the new mathematics curriculum devised by his ministerial...
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Letters
Anti-austerity? Come join the resistanceWe are a group of people working in higher education who are increasingly alarmed by the government’s austerity programme and are increasingly determined to...
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1-2-3. It's so elementary
‘Is this right, Mr Gove?’Our intrepid reporter Keith Ponting (30) tells us that David Willetts may be one of the first students to adopt the new mathematics curriculum devised by his ministerial...
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On the Edge: The Contested Cultures of English Suburbia by Rupa Huq
Les Gofton ventures into the shadowy suburban world of competing cultures
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THE Student Experience Survey 2013
Improving the student experience is a priority for universities the length and breadth of the land
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The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans de Waal
Eric Michael Johnson reviews the argument that human moral feelings have been shaped by natural selection
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Stalled progress on GPA may benefit from national push
Informal group admits reform will require more work than previously thought
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Are English funding reforms ‘bonkers’?
The rest of the world thinks so, says Hefce funding chief
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Boston bombings: the aftermath
Jon Marcus reports on how one of the global capitals of higher education rose to the challenge posed by terror
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V-c: ‘knowledge for knowledge’s sake’ is piffle
Robert Gordon head critiques traditional rationale for scholarly activity
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Raising female experts’ voices on radio and TV
A BBC scheme aims to tackle gender inequality
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The Thatcher revolution that wasn’t
Under the reign of the free-market icon, state power over universities increased. Vernon Bogdanor assesses Thatcher’s legacy to education
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Katharine Giles, 1978-2013
A talented young academic who carried out groundbreaking research into global warming has died