UK universities attract more donors despite reduced income in 2009-10
Charitable income to higher education has dropped as the full effects of the economic downturn on university fundraising become clear.
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Stylish figures: Italian database offers cutting-edge graduate information
Boundaries between national educational, professional and technical labour markets in Europe are becoming more permeable, according to Kate Purcell of the University of Warwick’s Institute for...
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Six for nine: Surrey joins institutions charging £9,000 fees
The University of Surrey has become the latest English higher education institution to propose setting an undergraduate tuition fee of £9,000 a year for 2012-13.
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Judith Rees announced as LSE interim director
The London School of Economics has appointed an interim director following the resignation of Sir Howard Davies over the school’s links with the Libyan regime.
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Keele’s philosophers stare into the abyss
Keele University is planning to shut down its philosophy department, a move critics describe as an “emblematic loss” that would damage the institution’s credibility.
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Edith Sitwell: Avant Garde Poet, English Genius
Deborah Longworth looks behind the Facade at the private life of a writer whose words mattered
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From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
Forget Stephen Hawking's Brief History: this mind-blowing book is the real deal, Tara Shears enthuses
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The Novel: An Introduction
No one is more knowledgeable about the novel than Christoph Bode. You want to know how novels begin? Ask Bode. You want to know how they end? Ask him. You want to know what happens in the middle?...
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Russia's Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall
The half-century following the Second World War, an era we know as the Cold War, is commonly seen as a period of stability compared with the confused state of the world today. It was a time when...
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Discoverers of the Universe: William and Caroline Herschel
William Poole evaluates a lively account of the celebrated siblings who did much to map the skies
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The Right Sensory Mix: Targeting Consumer Product Development Scientifically
In his critiques of social capital, economist Ben Fine has referred to the stylised view of management studies as being intellectually lowbrow. There is little doubt that this is a problem, possibly...
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Material Relations: Domestic Interiors and Middle-Class Families in England, 1850-1910
Good theses do not necessarily make good books - particularly, perhaps, when the final product has been 10 years or so in the making. And Material Relations, it must be said, almost certainly betrays...
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Austerity will usher in new technological age, v-c says
UUK president-elect foresees IT benefits among the coalition carnage. Hannah Fearn reports
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Fixing a hole without fees coming in: Scottish heads warn of tough choice
'Underestimated' cash gap may lead to a drop in quality or fewer places. Hannah Fearn reports
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Worst cases and fee levels are on the agendas
A Russell Group university is considering the risk that student numbers could fall by up to 15 per cent when the tuition-fee cap rises to £9,000, while another former polytechnic has said it will...