Jewish group renews attack on 'racist' UCU
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has written to vice-chancellors urging them to consider derecognising the University and College Union if it "refuses to address claims of institutional racism".
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Balancing act: strike a pose between market and values
Conference hears that both competition and collaboration will grow as global trade in higher education booms. Sarah Cunnane reports from Vancouver
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UK offers openness and quality assurance, but access remains a problem
A wide-ranging analysis that attempts to measure and rank aspects of national higher education systems suggests that the UK academy is one of the most "open" in the world and has among the best...
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A fascinating but frustrating mix
Private-sector leader explains why India remains a potent but elusive prize for the West
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After the exodus, will foreign students return to Japan?
Universities face an uncertain future in the wake of the earthquake, reports Michael Fitzpatrick
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'Two Brains' is one of us
Coalition policies deserve opprobrium - a minister cut from the same cloth as the academy does not, says Wes Streeting
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Universal wisdom: inclusive teaching can benefit us all
Even elite universities can profit from the flexible, diverse curricula pioneered by Universal Design Learning, argues Rachel Adams
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Arts review: Butley
Simon Gray's sharp portrait of a self-sabotaging T.S. Eliot scholar remains poignantly recognisable, observes Deborah Bowman
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Diary
LondonSchiller's Luise MillerIn Friedrich Schiller's play Intrigue and Love (Kabale und Liebe, 1784), which Verdi used as the basis for his 1849 opera Luisa Miller, Ferdinand von Walter - son of the...
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The Pick - Government Art Collection: At Work
Government Art Collection: At WorkWhitechapel Gallery, LondonThe Government Art Collection dates back to the 1890s and includes 13,500 works, two-thirds of them on display at any one time, but...
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Cake Shop shock
Scores of journalists descended on Poppleton this week following the shock news that Professor Gordon Lapping, formerly Head of our Department of Media and Cultural Studies, is to set up his very own...
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Save the seminar
Even in the web age, academic get-togethers remain relevant, says Alice Bell
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Research Intelligence - Briefing encounters
Pairing rapid-response scientific expertise with breaking news stories is the Science Media Centre's core mission. Paul Jump reports
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Off Piste - Fascinating rhythm
A Dance to the Music of Time offers profound insights into life's contingencies and the nature of Englishness in the 20th century, writes Vernon Bogdanor
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The week in higher education
Statistics showing that the number of applicants from continental Europe to UK universities has risen 5.8 per cent this year provoked a shudder at The Daily Telegraph on 3 June. Invoking the spectre...