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United StatesRepublican ire at for-profit reportRepublican congressmen have questioned a US government report that exposed recruiting fraud at for-profit higher education institutions. Darrell Issa...
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Blogconfidential: Behind closed doors
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Behind closed doors
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Appointments
University of LeicesterVincenzo DenicolòAn Italian economist has joined the University of Leicester as a professor of economics. Vincenzo Denicolo studied at the University of Bologna and the...
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The elephant in the scheme
Stephen Cowley and Susan Cooper hope employers do not see pension reform solely as a cost-cutting opportunity
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A chance to break free of administrative and regulatory tyranny
The new funding regime may allow universities, led by a British 'Ivy League', to refocus on their missions, argues Peter Oppenheimer
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Blow away the confusion
Amid chill budgetary winds, institutions and students need clarity from the government about access and fees, Paul Marshall argues
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Grant winners
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH• Award winner: Jill Clayton-Smith• Institution: Central Manchester University Hospital• Value: £124,917Learning disabilities: identifying the causes• Award winner: Guy...
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UCU in turmoil as its Left wing looks to make bid for control
Executive is split over support for fees protest, while officers threaten to strike, John Morgan writes
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Now that's research impact: 'paradigm-shifting' Browne drew on a single opinion survey
The review that sparked the government's transformation of higher education in England spent the "astonishingly low" sum of £68,000 on research - with nearly all of that going on an unpublished...
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Why those good intentions often go up in smoke
Assessing why some people stick to their new year's resolutions while others fail at the first whiff of chocolate may not be an exact science, but that has not stopped academics attempting to...
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Poetic justice - arts backed by state and science by industry
Observer offers blue-sky thinking in appraisal of global higher education. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Chair to the hot seat: Browne may have to give evidence to MPs' inquiry
Lord Browne of Madingley is likely to appear before a cross-party group of MPs when a wide-ranging inquiry into the government's reforms of higher education is launched.Adrian Bailey, chair of the...
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Six months' hard labour for Hughes
Lib Dem deputy must move quickly in access role, say senior sector figures. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Odds and quads
These cans are part of the brewing collection in the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Business Archive.
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Promises, promises: research reveals secrets of successful New Year's resolutions
Promises, promises: research reveals secrets of successful New Year's resolutionsData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Web of Science database%3Cb%3EPaper%3C/b%3E %3Cbr /%3EAuthor(s),...