Libraries reject 'raw deal' on e-journals
Cut cost of accessing research catalogues or lose RLUK business, publishers told. Paul Jump reports
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18 August 2011
Distortions of reality - It’s time to shatter the A-level illusions
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Teaching-only institutions would ensure affordability and quality, thinktank claims
The majority of universities should stop designing curricula and awarding their own degrees, and offer programmes accredited by major research-intensive institutions.
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Cambridge tops NSS, while London universities rally
Newer universities in London have enjoyed some of the biggest gains in student satisfaction, according to the results of the National Student Survey.
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Arts on an equal footing
The 2011-12 rankings will continue the progress made last year in normalising data so as not to disadvantage non-science subjects. Phil Baty reports
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Arts and humanities ‘shouldn’t be embarrassed’ about links with industry
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced the four universities that will lead its new creative economy consortia.
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US dominates Shanghai Jiao Tong world rankings
US universities continue to dominate the upper echelons of world rankings, taking 17 of the top 20 spots in the Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking.
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Some students ‘will be better off’ when fee cap trebles
Deferring university entry until 2012, the first year of the new fees regime, may save some graduates money, finance experts have claimed.
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University progression up among ‘free school meal’ pupils
More students from poor families are going to university, according to new data.
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Student debt ‘to double’ under new fee regime
Student debt is set to double when higher fees are introduced, according to a new survey.
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The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture
Douglas Cowie has his eyes opened to the briefest of literary forms: the borrowed bon mot
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The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry)
There is danger in giving free rein to the world's most popular search engine, discovers Harold Thimbleby
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The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights
Slavery and the slave trade in the Americas flourished for 400 years from the 1480s until the 1880s. During that long period, the slave trade was the most important coerced migration of people...
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Paraphernalia: The Curious Lives of Magical Things
As I sit at my computer about to start writing this review, I find myself gently tapping the keys on my keypad, gradually losing myself in the sounds and rhythms afforded by different pressures of my...
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Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric
Geoffrey K. Pullum savours a guide to the potential of language but feels more modesty is required