Hypnotic suggestion: you must do better
QAA highly critical of St Mary's University College's oversight of unique course. Jack Grove reports
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Sector responds to Hefce consultation over risk-based quality assurance
An institution receiving "significant" bad press or a petition signed by around a third of its student body should be visited by quality inspectors, the University Alliance mission group has...
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Sorry, the Kitemark won't fly (not yet, anyway)
Seven publicly funded higher education institutions are not eligible to use the standards watchdog's new "quality mark", it has emerged.
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'Whack-a-mole' coalition undermining own agenda
AUA chair says recruitment fines sign of government 'chasing its tail'. David Matthews reports
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Bonanza at the Bull Ring
Birmingham benefits from huge rise in income from research council grants. Paul Jump reports
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Non-teaching bodies will be players, Pearson boss says
Education giant determined to establish its name 'much more strongly' in sector, John Morgan hears
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Snap judgements and face value
Turn the other cheek to look like a scientist, study of academics' photos finds. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
Widening participationPoor odds on progressionChildren receiving free school meals are half as likely to enter higher education as their classmates, a report by the Department for Business,...
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Why throw in the towel?
Lars Fischer on why losing round one in the REF impact fight means it's time to get off the ropes and hit back
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Indentures are a sign of universities' decline into a factory system
Unpaid research posts represent the latest step in the 'proletarianisation' of the academy, argues Ross Perlin
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Planetary attraction
Ken Pounds ponders whether the Mars Science Laboratory's success will revive public interest in going boldly where no one has gone before
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Clearing execution shock
Although the annual Clearing exercise that began this morning can traditionally generate some anxious moments and even a certain amount of friction as under-quota departments compete for candidates,...
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'Random slaughter offset by poaching' (1 of 3)
Few will disagree with Simon Gaskell's fine summary of the past and present merits of Queen Mary, University of London ("From here to posterity", Opinions, 9 August), least of all those who join with...
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'Random slaughter offset by poaching' (2 of 3)
It is certainly odd that Simon Gaskell's response to his critics devotes very little space to their criticisms. He says that the criteria used to fire people "were based on generally recognised...
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'Random slaughter offset by poaching' (3 of 3)
Simon Gaskell admits that the capability of individual academics was assessed under a restructuring exercise, in contradiction of Section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. Adding to this insult...