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French state memo signals volte-face on work visas
Ministry bows to academic pressure and reverses stricter post-study rules. Clea Caulcutt reports
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The week in higher education
• The University and College Union's general secretary is a pensions "defeatist" ignoring the case for another "magnificent strike", according to some on the union's Left. Sally Hunt, the UCU general...
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From where I sit - On the outside, looking out
On the Friday before Christmas I was called into the dean's office and seated opposite five senior Japanese men in suits. The man from personnel handed me my new three-year full-time contract with a...
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Appointments
University of California, BerkeleyGeoff MarcyA pioneering planet hunter has been appointed to the Watson and Marilyn Alberts chair in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at the University of...
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A dreadfully familiar ring
US cuts and ‘impact’ demands recall the UK’s, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Who let them in?
Advisers, administrators, trusted vice-chancellorial aides and henchmen: Mark Leach considers the rise of the 'policy wonks' and the mixed reception afforded a new force in the higher education...
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The art of the matter
As high-profile art schools are absorbed by larger institutions, Peter Hill asks if their uniquely fertile environments suffer for being overseen by those whose priorities inevitably lie elsewhere
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Slay the Oxbridge myths (2 of 2)
George Fieldman says that it would be unfair to penalise privately educated schoolchildren by imposing a quota system on Oxbridge in proportion to the number of such children in the education sector...
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Unite to fight the predators
The Harvard University report on the appalling record of for-profit companies in the US is timely ("US for-profits leave students worse off", 12 January).This welcome contribution adds to the growing...
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Hard road for soft skills
Athene Donald's article on the damage that can be done to women's academic careers by job references that include adjectives such as "affectionate, tactful, sensitive, helpful" and the like -...
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Poverty of vision pays well (1 of 2)
Call me a desiccated husk if you like, but vice-chancellors all have the same vision - and it invariably comes to nothing ("V-cs, it might be time for us to have a talk about a pay review", 12...
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Poverty of vision pays well (2 of 2)
While it is clearly true that vice-chancellors' salaries are excessive and there is no serious case for further increases, one does wonder how they managed to miss a trick and not develop a bonus...
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The full story, without misrepresentation
Your extensive article on University of Wales validation ("Boom and bust", 5 January) was a welcome piece of journalism that demonstrated unbiased reporting - something that has been sadly missing in...
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Slay the Oxbridge myths (1 of 2)
The recent (and recurring) debate regarding the state-independent divide in Oxbridge admissions ("Super-selection creates a monoculture that does not benefit society", 15 December, and the subsequent...