The unintended consequences of policies that disregard implications
The British Sociological Association's next head tells Matthew Reisz about his plans and priorities
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Study hard for smooth transition to job market
It may no longer be true - if it ever was - that obtaining a degree will guarantee you a job, but being "academically engaged" may mean that students have a smaller chance of being unemployed, in...
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News in brief
United StatesFire report points finger at UCLAA report into a 2008 laboratory fire that killed a 23-year-old research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles is far more critical of...
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A frustrated Obama is still hoping to enact change
With Dream Act faltering, president links federal aid to 'responsible' fees. Sarah Cunnane writes
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Rise aims to shine more brightly on African sector
A project that funds African academics whose careers are "stuck" because they lack the time or money for postgraduate study is asking the World Bank to help it grow tenfold.
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Warwick and Monash team up for global strategy
The two universities aim to offer global market 'best of both worlds'. John Morgan reports
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Demos: widen participation by scrapping 'overly generous' student loans
The coalition government must take the tough political decision to make student loans less generous if it wants to fix the "central impediment" to an "efficient, competitive and high-quality" higher...
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Access champ is one of us after all
Elite astonished as Million+ chief wins Offa role after coalition's wider search. Simon Baker writes
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Lack of concern over Ucas figures signals 'shift in conversation'
Jack Grove and Sarah Cunnane report on what the 2012 applications figures mean for the sector
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Scottish head pay control would avoid 'fat cat' slur
Include staff and students in governance to gain public trust, says panel. David Matthews reports
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5,000 places - 'the first of many cuts'
Hepi chief warns that reductions are just the start of cost savings. David Matthews writes
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Double bind and binary line menace for Welsh post-92s
Fee cutting is no guarantee of place allocation; merger opposition persists. David Matthews writes
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Warning: changes will 'happen under the radar'
Reports that the government is to shelve its higher education bill raise the prospect of the coalition sneaking controversial changes through not only by ministerial directives that avoid...
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News in brief
UCL 'no confidence' voteUnion cries foul in defeatA motion of no confidence in University College London's provost Malcolm Grant tabled by the institution's students' union has been defeated....
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Top reward and bottom slicing
V-c's package rose 6% in year when Sheffield targeted lowest paid's pensions. John Morgan writes