MPs plan grilling for Cable and 'Two Brains'
David Willetts, the Universities and science minister, and Vince Cable, the business secretary, are likely to face their first public grilling by MPs over their plans for the higher education sector...
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Harvard's head says academy needs the best of both worlds
The president of Harvard University has warned that harsh austerity measures imposed in response to the global recession are putting the future of higher education in peril.In a lecture at the Royal...
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Questions over King's once and future chair
Axeing of palaeography post to be followed by creation of new role in 2012. John Morgan writes
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Hefce redrafts memorandum as sector protests
Proposals that were feared would give funding chiefs the power to oust vice-chancellors from office have been redrafted following strong opposition from the academy.The Higher Education Funding...
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Truth in numbers: study pinpoints 'critical mass' for research success
Academics' interaction is key to quality, but funding need not be limited to elites. Paul Jump reports
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A lesson from history: PhDs thrive in large groups
An economist's research into the Nazi regime's dismissals of Jewish mathematics professors in the 1930s has led him to conclude that in PhD supervision, big is beautiful.Between 1933 and 1934, about...
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Chase out the old dogs to make way for young blood
Conference debates how best to help early career researchers to thrive. Paul Jump reports
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The expanding universe of scientific authorship
The average number of authors on scientific papers has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past 20 years, new figures show.The statistics, produced by Thomson Reuters, show that the papers...
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STEM focus is an economic own goal, LSE head warns
'Obsession' will leave top social science faculties bereft of UK students, writes Simon Baker
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Teaching aid aims to help lift cultural barriers
A research project aims to help academics understand the differences in educational cultures that can throw up barriers when teaching international students.Teaching International Students includes a...
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#loveHE
This week's tweet of the week is:No other place where I could work in an office. It's great to think, talk and write #loveHE -@davidrowenTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @timeshighered,...
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After you, I insist
England's apologetic performance on the pitch could just be in keeping with our history, says Gary Day
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Super-campus booster
France is using governance reform and investment to push its universities up the league tables. Will it work? asks Paul Benneworth
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Let's measure everything!
"Another major breakthrough going forward." That was the enthusiastic reaction of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, to the declaration from David Sweeney, director of research,...
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London's calling
Education is one of the capital's great success stories, says Malcolm Gillies