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24 May 2012
At the mercy of the Fates - Greek academy will fall if vested interests kill off reform
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Ministers call for ‘shared strategy’ on access and WP
Coalition government ministers have written to England’s funding council and the Office for Fair Access asking them to develop a “shared strategy” on helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Campus Review: Groups baulk at capping international students
By Susan Woodward for Campus Review
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Portsmouth v-c to retire and pursue philosophy studies
One of the longest-serving vice-chancellors in the UK higher education sector has announced he will retire next year to pursue activities including a master’s degree in philosophy.
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Consider background in admissions to boost social mobility, Clegg says
Private school pupils are three times more likely than their state-educated peers to reach the high-achieving AAB grade threshold at A level that affords entry to “the most selective universities”,...
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Final-year students fear for their working future
Confidence in the graduate jobs market has dipped among final-year students and salary expectations have stagnated as universities prepare to introduce fees of up to £9,000 a year in the autumn.
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Inside Higher Ed: Game for a better grade?
By Kaustuv Basu for Inside Higher Ed
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Miliband attacks university access obsession
Debate on social mobility is too focused on university access, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has argued.
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Russell Group students dominate Erasmus scheme
More than half of the UK students who took part in Erasmus in 2010-2011 come from just 20 universities, most of which are Russell Group institutions.
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Sussex ‘sell-off’ stirs union ire
The University and College Union has condemned plans by the University of Sussex to “privatise” some 235 of the 2,200 jobs at the institution.
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Elsevier editor quits over 'restricted access'
An associate editor of a leading Elsevier journal has resigned, claiming the publisher is “denying developing countries access to research findings”.
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UUK to appeal to Cameron for leniency over migration figures
Universities UK is appealing to the prime minister to remove overseas students from the net migration count, ahead of a possible backlash against the sector arising from the next batch of immigration...
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Politics Without Vision: Thinking without a Banister in the Twentieth Century
This provocative text may be just what isolated political theory needs, argues Matthew Flinde
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The Baker Who Pretended to be King of Portugal
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is stirred by the tale of a pastry chef who laid claim to an Iberian throne