V-cs, get set to do the maths (and prepare the begging bowl)
As UCL’s new provost is announced, Steven Schwartz considers the challenges facing the sector’s leaders over the next 12 months
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THE Scholarly Web
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From Where I Sit - The unkindest cuts
"Nobody wants to come visit us any more." That's what I was told by a lecturer at the University of Athens a few weeks ago. I had deliberately made my way to Athens to see for myself the effects of...
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Campus round-up
Plymouth UniversityGlobal business linksBusiness and finance students will have the opportunity to take part in a cross-Atlantic exchange thanks to a new partnership. Officials from Plymouth...
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News in brief
Research malpractice'Inadequate role model'A prominent researcher who spends 20 per cent of her time at the University of Manchester has been reprimanded by the German Research Foundation (the DFG)...
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News in brief
United StatesBrainless brain treatmentA US university hospital has been criticised by federal regulators over severe deficiencies in the patient care offered to those undergoing experimental surgery...
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The week in higher education
• Theresa May's speech on immigration and the student visa system contained so much nuance and balance that some people might be confused about where she stands. So a Home Office press release...
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Men seek men for dominant positions: headhunters' 'baleful influence' on equality
Male-dominated headhunting firms paid to identify potential university leaders are hampering efforts to recruit more female vice-chancellors.
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A Christmas message from your Vice-Chancellor and President
A very merry Yuletide to each and every one of you from myself and my personal assistant, Mrs Dilworth.This is that special time of year when we look back to the last special time of year and find...
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Leader: Few tidings of comfort and joy
The bells may be ringing out for Christmas Day, but for the sector they signal alarm after a year of unprecedented upheaval
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Futurelearn picks league table stars for debut line-up
Traditional values for OU-led Mooc platform that aims to rival US providers. Chris Parr reports
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Seek, locate, repatriate! 'Dalek' home secretary's visa stance angers v-c
Theresa May, the home secretary, has been accused by a vice-chancellor of acting “like a Dalek” and of “casting a dark cloud over British higher education” in her refusal to change course on student...
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Merry Christmas (world is over)
Eschatology knocks and hysteria grows as true believers see fate in the diary. Chris Parr reports
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Business school sheds staff and courses as visa rules bite
More than 150 posts to go as London Met is forced to tighten its belt. David Matthews reports