Interest increases in issuing bonds to fund improvements
Institutions seek competitive alternative to bank loans for facility upgrades, writes Simon Baker
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Early loan repayments a 'gift to the government'
Students who repay their tuition fees early may simply be making an unnecessary "gift to the government", an economist has warned.
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Canadians feud over 'attack' on academic freedom
A row about a redefinition of academic freedom has escalated in Canada, with the head of the representative body for academics condemning the document as "a full-scale attack on academic freedom like...
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Brunel to offer a special sort of Self-assessment
'The young have fewer preconceptions' - Will Self talks to Jack Grove about his new professorship
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A radical antithesis
Universities are training grounds for engaged citizens, not terrorists, says Louise Richardson
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The roots still show through
The spray-tanned, dyed cliches of Essex fascinate and appal. In his latest play, David Eldridge reminds us of another side of the county, writes Mark O'Thomas
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Diary
ManchesterThe Devil's WallIdris Khan's new installation, to be seen in the UK for the first time at the Whitworth Art Gallery (until 13 May), draws inspiration from the pilgrimage to Mecca. At its...
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The Pick - Other Stories: Queering the University Art Collection
Other Stories: Queering the University Art CollectionStanley & Audrey Burton GalleryUniversity of Leeds February to 5 MayBernard Meninsky's Mother and Child, painted in 1919, is a touching image...
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Me, myself and I
One of our leading scholars, Professor F.R. Beavis, of the Department of English and Related Studies for Impact, has announced that in future he will acknowledge the co-authorship of research that he...
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REF's effort to make knowledge visible may have cloudy results
Impact assessments will shape behaviours - but not necessarily in desired directions, argue Katherine Smith and Nasar Meer
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Research Intelligence - Collaboration is an essential procedure
Researchers, industry and NHS must deliver results, Academy of Medical Sciences' head tells Paul Jump
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Cap and gown learning on a shoestring budget
With novel credentials being developed and employers seeing the value of low-cost study based on open courseware, Jon Marcus asks if the bricks-and-mortar elite will end up on the wrong side of...
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Off Piste - Lesser Spotted - Well, that's just the professors
Physicist Athene Donald's pleasure in people-watching may owe something to a childhood spent observing birds of all kinds as they soared over city heaths and icy coastal mudflats
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The week in higher education
• Two teenagers ruffled feathers at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by bringing a legal challenge against this year's tuition-fee hike. Lawyers for Callum Hurley, from Peterborough...