Seeding businesslike ideas has allowed rare fruit to flourish
Cross-subsidising 'loss-makers' an essential part of university life, says UUK head. Jack Grove writes
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Transfer of fees to students may be 'over the top'
England may have gone "a bit over the top" in transferring the cost of university education from the state to the graduate, the coordinator of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
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LSE to restart game of risk
Scholars already seek donations 'in the margins', development director says. David Matthews writes
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News in brief
Graduate entrepreneurshipEnterprise flowsThe government has announced that it will fund "milk round"-style job fairs where students and graduates can meet representatives from small and medium-sized...
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A jury of their peers
Academics seeking promotion should be assessed for quality of teaching as well as research, argues Quintin McKellar
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Coalition reforms have left students swimming with sharks
If loans are as fair and as sustainable as ministers say, why aren't their terms and conditions enshrined in law? Liam Burns writes
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Goodbye, custard powder
Our Deputy Head of Brand Management, Georgina Edsel, has warmly welcomed an analysis by Patrick Freeland-Small, the chief marketing officer at the University of Melbourne, that argues that...
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Leader: Outward bound for glory
With language skills at a premium, less advantaged students must be encouraged to benefit from study abroad
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Research Intelligence - The doctor will advise you now
PhDs and postdocs turn to social media to answer their pressing questions. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
• A Scottish peer described by The Scotsman as the "high priest of unrepentant Thatcherism" and "stoically anti-devolution" has introduced to the House of Lords a bill to prevent UK students from...
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Off Piste - And he stoned me
The ebb and flow of time has served only to deepen Ray Dolan’s passion for Van Morrison’s restless musical journey into the mystic
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From where I sit - Casual, not smart
Is academic work at university the same as working on the production line at, say, a pie factory?Cynics might say that yes, the two have become similar, especially at the pointy end of the semester...
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Odds and quads
The crucifix behind the altar in the chapel at Leeds Trinity University College (shown here as a work in progress) has a number of unusual features.
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Appointments
King's College LondonPaul JoyceThe newly appointed Samuel Davidson chair of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible studies at King's College London has admitted he is excited to be taking up a position...