Dysfunctional illiteracy
As some newly arrived students filed out of a lecture theatre recently, I overheard one plaintive youngster declare that she was going to struggle with the module because she "was not very good at...
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European mobility plans 'not radical enough'
Lords call for more study abroad
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Declining investment could trigger irreversible loss of British prestige
Russell Group chair issues warning over threat to ‘hard-won eminence’. John Morgan reports
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Research Intelligence - For answers, they may need some time
The head of a study of a subglacial Antarctic lake tells Elizabeth Gibney of the need for the long view
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The week in higher education
• A Guardian feature on the Conservative Party conference trumpeted the "return of the Nasty Party" on 11 October. One anonymous delegate told the newspaper that he might leave the party over David...
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Leader: Unknown half-life of fees fallout
With the first cohort of £9K students settling in, there is still no clear idea about how cost is affecting numbers and teaching
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From where I sit - Mens sana in corpore sano
I first met Zhao Jing when interviewing her two years ago. I was part of a panel evaluating her application to enter graduate study at Fudan University without sitting the entrance examination. She...
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Odds and quads
Credit: UCL/Grant Museum of Zoology/Matt ClaytonThis jar of moles is one of the most popular items owned by University College London's Grant Museum of Zoology and took pride of place near the...
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Appointments
Leeds Metropolitan UniversityMichelle BriggsAn academic whose research focuses on pain management and has the overall aim of improving patients' ability to cope with pain has joined Leeds...
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Empires and allies
The UK sector’s growing involvement in offshore education includes everything from branch campuses and institutional partnerships to validation and franchising. David Matthews weighs the different...
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18 October 2012
Risky diversion - Are UK universities’ overseas adventures a sure route to success?
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International students like to be where someone knows their name
Family ties are a big influence on which location people choose for study. Julie Hare reports
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Beasts of the Southern Wild
Duncan Wu admires (with some caveats) a synecdochal exploration of family, loss and the end times’ bitter waters
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Rob Ball, 1945-2012
A pioneering researcher in public-sector management who spent more than 40 years at the University of Stirling has died.Rob Ball was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire on 12 September 1945. He...