Shared vision results only in difference and indifference
Academic claims that Bologna has become a 'mission impossible'. Hannah Fearn reports
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Law clinics that go beyond theory face attacks
Law students in the US are finding their efforts to get hands-on experience stifled by the very sector they are trying to learn from, according to a report.Robert R. Kuehn, professor of law at...
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Grant Winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILStarting Grant competitionAlmost €580 million (£491 million) has been awarded by the ERC to more than 400 winners in its third Starting Grant competition. The awards, which...
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Blogconfidential: How to destroy another human being
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: How to destroy another human being
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Appointments
Syracuse UniversityMike WrightAn expert in entrepreneurial theory, who claims Bob Dylan is the world's greatest "serial entrepreneur", has been awarded a distinguished fellowship by a US university....
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The heart of good business
The arts inject ethics and creativity into the MBA curriculum, argues Stefano Harney; their demise would be disastrous
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Student riots, the first taste of the fruits of unbridled austerity
Peter Geoghegan argues that the coalition's policy of drastic cuts is flawed and heralds an upsurge of discontent not seen for decades
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Top European universities in Engineering
Top European universities in engineeringData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-August 2010Euro rankWorld rankInstitutionPapersCitationsCitations per...
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The week in higher education
After getting its hands on a "dossier of student misdemeanours" detailing disciplinary action at the University of Cambridge over a five-year period, The Daily Telegraph duly gave over most of page...
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New market, new rules: NUS signals consumer revolution
'Sticks, not carrots' required to regulate post-Browne academy. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Huge BPP write-off announced as Apollo prophesies bleak short-term future for private demand
More than a quarter of the purchase value of for-profit provider BPP has been written off by its US parent company because of uncertainty surrounding the UK higher education market's future.End-of-...
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130 jobs will go as HEA set to scrap its subject centres
Insider says sector may resist changes aimed at streamlining organisation, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Unit closure is a 'slap in the face' for expert staff
A centre that supports students at London Metropolitan University is to shut under plans to cut 44 posts.London Met has announced its intention to close the Learning Development Unit, which helps...
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Fear of funding gap leads Scots to rethink fees policy
Expert group to 'number crunch' different models of graduate contribution. Hannah Fearn reports
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Bristol v-c faced no opposition in bid to become UUK president
The next president of Universities UK has been appointed amid dissatisfaction among some vice-chancellors at the organisation's handling of the battle over cuts.It was announced this week that Eric...