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Matter of conviction - Academic judgement: the sine qua non of scholarly life

Durham University has become the latest member of the 1994 Group to announce that it plans to charge the maximum undergraduate tuition fee allowed in 2012.
Campaigners have welcomed the publication by the government of its draft defamation bill, but have warned that it does not go far enough to protect the freedom of expression of academics, scientists...
The University of Oxford has confirmed that it plans to charge tuition fees of £9,000 a year from 2012-13, but it has also announced a package of support for poor students.

By Dan Berrett, for Inside Higher Ed

Vice-chancellors could lose up to 10 per cent of their salaries if they fail to do their job properly under new plans to establish fair pay in the public sector.

The governmentās proposed changes to the student visa system could cause economic damage to the UK by destroying jobs in higher education and beyond, the head of Universities UK has warned.
The University of Leeds has been accused of breaching its own equality policies by agreeing to hold a men-only alumni event in Saudi Arabia.
China āwants your studentsā and is keen to host more satellite campuses, a government official has told the higher education world.

The UK government has been warned that a policy of restricting student visas ālaunched purely for the domestic marketā would damage the country's higher education sector internationally.
Englandās universities could fall behind their US and Australian competitors because of ādeeply damagingā government policies, institutions have warned at the start of a major international education...

Rankings can be a positive force in higher education, says Phil Baty in his speech from Going Global 2011
Ā Behind the numbers The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings are a subsidiary of the annual World University Rankings, and they are based entirely on the results of a worldwide survey of...
Robust, transparent and sophisticated Phil Baty explains how in-depth consultation with the global academic community has produced the most exact and relevant world rankings yet devised It is, of...