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ChinaChinese burns for Yale benefactorA Chinese graduate who made an $8,888,888 (£5,444,076) donation to Yale University has sparked an online backlash by overlooking his home alma mater. Zhang Lei...
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China spends as Uncle Sam tightens the purse strings
Forum reveals key divergence in approaches to academy funding. John Morgan reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: Mark PollardInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £426,125Below the salt: a study of the human remains and associated material from the salt mine...
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Sporting glory
Gregory Ioannidis has more than just legal theory to share with his students - he also has an interesting case history
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Appointments
The director of the Institute of Education, University of London is to retire after a decade in the post. Geoff Whitty, an expert on education policy, teacher education and curriculums, started the...
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Despite colleagues' support, cuts cause deep traumas
Academics rally to defend 'inspiring' historian who faces possible redundancy. Matthew Reisz reports
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Last call for submissions for Thelmas 2010
The deadline for entries to the second annual Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards (Thelmas) is approaching, with submissions due in by the end of next week.Last year the awards,...
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News in brief
Research monitoringData collection responsibilitiesA consultation has been launched on "Big Brother"-style plans to monitor the outcomes of work funded by Research Councils UK. Under the proposed...
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Sex for grades in Africa's academy
Sexual harassment 'normalised' in Ghana and Tanzania, research discovers. John Morgan writes
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Free speech within reason
Constantine Sandis is disturbed by a claim that academics have the right to say what they want at all times, in all places
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Polar funding policies are closing the gap between East and West
The downturn has prompted drastic university funding cuts in some nations, but increased investment in others, notes Simon Marginson
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Merging institutions involves much more than simply doing the maths
Michael Thorne is sceptical about media commentary that assumes that a wave of mergers and takeovers is the inevitable result of the recent funding cuts
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We must go the distance
To maintain the UK's position in distance learning, we have to focus on education, not technology, argues Helen Lentell
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The week in higher education
Just as night follows day, charges of grade inflation followed the publication of the official statistics on the degrees awarded by universities last year. The figures, released by the Higher...